by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Set the stage for gospel-centered mentoring by becoming a gospel-centered model and finding your own mentor. In the movie Kung Fu Panda, the wicked snow leopard Tai Lung has escaped prison and threatens to destroy a peaceful civilization. The lazy, clumsy, chubby...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
In addition to your regular devotional time with God, it’s important to have your own mentor. Here’s a useful mantra for any Christian who seeks to mentor others: “Every Paul has his Timothy; and every Timothy, his Paul” (see 2 Timothy 1:1-14). If you are going to...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Prepare for the mentor session by setting the mentor schedule and location, preparing your heart for the session, and preparing for the session itself. Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group once said, “If you ask any successful business person, they will always...
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
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...
