Repacking our bags
Do you research your destination? Do you make a list of things you simply *must* do (or avoid)? How about packing - do you open a suitcase and shove in whatever is near? Do you always pack the same kit? I’ve spent
Youth Worker Wellbeing and Coaching/Mentoring
Youth Worker wellbeing has never been more important than it is right now. We have lived and/or worked through a year and a bit of the kind of scenario that not many of us could have predicted. Youth workers are
The Jesus Model of Discipleship
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘discipleship’? Do you think of people sitting in a seminary lecture or maybe a Youth Leader out for coffee with one of their youth? I think for many of us, ‘discipleship’
Virtually Possible
Over the last couple of months, I have hosted three online retreats for groups of my mentees/coachees and other ‘associates’! In total, thirty folks have engaged, and all the feedback has been positive. The theme for these virtual gatherings has
Leaving a Legacy for Future Generations
This summer I had an experience that suggests that when we engage in mentoring – intentional relationships, then it is not just helping the person in that relationship, but it is leaving a legacy for many years to come. In 1985
Five ways mentoring transforms my ministry
Throughout my experiences of leading and being responsible for my peers, young people, and children, one thing has remained invaluable: mentoring. Being mentored has transformed how I approach positions of leadership and ministry – and here’s why: There’s someone there to
The Costly Privilege of Mentoring
unsplash-logo At a back table of a small Costa, I, aged fifteen, sat opposite my church youth worker. With my hands wrapped around a cherry hot chocolate, I spoke to her about school, friends, and what I’d been puzzling out