by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Hello, Friends! This is Author Matthew Doebler’s wife Christine. Recently, he asked me to write about the bull-headed mentee. Why, you ask? Perhaps because that’s ME! Even though I initially come across as the compliant middle child, I can stubbornly...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
So, what does it look like to give mentees personal, prioritized attention? In the following lessons, we will focus on a formal method of mentoring. However, much of mentoring, training, and relationship-building actually takes place in informal settings, such as...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Nurture a meaningful relationship with mentees by making them a priority and spending informal time with them. Let’s return to Kung Fu Panda. Master Shifu’s initial methods of training Po to become the Dragon Warrior fail miserably. After decades training some of the...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Dear Rick, Each week I read our denomination’s Call Report which lists all the changes in public gospel ministry; it’s a touchstone to our church body back “home”. Whenever I read names under the “Resigned” category, I feel a pit in my stomach. By the grace of God,...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Often, when you think about meeting with mentees, you might consider first what they will need spiritually and emotionally during the session. Perhaps you contemplate the challenges they might be working through or the sins they are struggling with and how you can...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Sometimes, distance or other complications make it difficult to meet with mentees face-to-face. If you want to keep a pattern of bi-weekly mentor sessions, you may need to meet with them online.[1] Understandably, many mentors who are compelled to meet online mourn...
