About a year into their relationship Joanne* began to end her meetings with Tonya* with a simple prayer. Over time they began a short devotional while they waited for their meal or while sitting in the car. Eventually, Joanne invited Tonya to her church. As the relationship grew conversations about faith were easily woven [...]
At the beginning of my ministry position at a Christian high school, I was hired to teach a course on Christian living. One of the issues that made it a little more challenging was that everybody, including the students, knew that no one ever failed this class. So day after day, week after week, [...]
Geo* and Lewis* were only a few weeks into their match when I received a call from Geo. “I checked out the game room where I was going to take Lewis later today, but I didn’t like the feel of the place. Do you have any last-minute ideas of things we could do instead? [...]
The mentor Toolkit is a collection of helpful stories, guiding principles, and lists of ideas specially compiled to help you be more effective on your mission field of ONE. Behavior and Consequences - In today’s world, avoiding responsibility is commonplace and children sometimes seem like they do not understand how current behavior impacts future options. [...]
I cannot count the number of times I have encouraged Nick* that what he was doing over the last five years, spending time with Ray* (15 years old) weekly, was making a difference. My words carry some weight, but when Ray* actually expressed it to Nick himself, you could have knocked Nick over with [...]
Billy* loved basketball but was not very good at it. His mentor, Tom, had played on his high school team. They would practice together for a little each week. One day they were challenged to a game by two teenagers who were pretty good. The game went back and forth, and finally, Billy and [...]
Sue* took her mentee, Joan*, out east to visit a small museum. Apparently, the museum was horrible. It was dimly lit, not terribly clean, and had a lot of exhibits of stuffed cats. Sue felt terrible. However, she decided to make the best of it and had a contest with Joan to see who [...]
The mentor MP3 Library is a collection of helpful stories, guiding principles, and lists of ideas specially compiled to help you be more effective on your mission field of ONE. INSTRUCTIONS: To LISTEN ONLINE, just click the MP3 icon next to the topic you want to listen to. To DOWNLOAD, click the MP3 icon, click [...]
One of the most important ways a mentor can bless their mentee is by holding out hope for their future, especially in the area of the college or higher/continuing education. I think it is important to be specific and not generalize as often the young person will think that going to college etc. is [...]
My Actions Now Affect My Reality Later One mentor came to me expressing his dismay at his mentee’s academic performance. “He doesn’t realize that his nonchalance about his grades is going to cripple his chances of higher education and severely limit his future standard of living! I really want to help him see the [...]
