“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”Proverbs 27:17 “You need to make sure you have a mentor.” Those were the wise words Pastor Ben Green, a former ATLAS Board member, told me three and a half years ago when I first became director of ATLAS. He rightly understood that if I wanted others … Continue reading Why You Need a Mentor: 4 Good Things Mentors Give Us
As my daughters get older, I’m increasingly aware of my decreasing voice in their lives. Other influences (friends, media, etc.) are becoming more prominent. My dad jokes aren’t funny anymore. (Well, they’re still funny, they just biologically won’t be able to laugh at them again for probably another 15-20 years). Yes, I realize I still … Continue reading Wrecking Your Witness – 6 Ways to Make Sure Nobody Listens to You
At our ATLAS Mentor Workshops we often talk about examples of mentoring found in the Bible. We’ll talk about elements from different relationships like Jesus and his disciples, Paul and Timothy, Jonathan and David, Priscilla and Aquila with Apollos, and others. These are almost always entirely positive examples. But I’ve been in the book of … Continue reading Mistakes Were Made – Examples of Mentoring Mistakes in the Bible
So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked,“Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.Acts 8:30-31 In this perfect example of a divine appointment, the Ethiopian Eunuch invites Philip … Continue reading Help Me Understand
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”Psalm 55:22 My brothers and I spent many summers growing up at my grandparents' trailer at the Old Mille Inn on Green Lake. If my grandpa didn’t already have us out in the boat fishing, one of … Continue reading Learning to Cast
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.1 Corinthians 15:3-4 One fun thing I enjoy about being a dad is trying to pass on … Continue reading First Importance
“We should listen with the ears of God that we may speak the Word of God.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer I have the privilege of regularly leading workshops on mentoring for the ministry I work with. We do these workshops regularly to encourage and equip Christ-followers to help others follow Jesus. We spend some time in each workshop … Continue reading Listen to What I’m Saying
