Bullhead – Special Edition

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...

Set up the Mentor Session

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...

Same Stuff, Different Day – Special Edition

This is a tale of two “s” words.  The first one occurred in first grade.  On classmates’ birthdays, our teacher would make a big birthday card out of construction paper which we would all sign throughout the day.  As one particular card was getting passed around,...

Prepare Your Heart for the Session

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...

Roll Credits!

I just love watching heist movies, like “Oceans Eleven”, “the Italian Job”, and the old classic, “The Sting”.  The plots essentially follow the same flow:  the good guys have been humiliated by the bad guys in some way, and the good guys are determined to rob the bad...