You Can Mentor: A Christian Youth Mentoring Podcast
You Can Mentor is a network that equips and encourages mentors and mentoring leaders through resources and relationships to love God, love others, and make disciples in their own community. We want to see Christian mentors thrive.
We want to hear from you! Send any mentoring questions to [email protected], and we'll answer them on our podcast. We want to help you become the best possible mentor you can be. Also, if you are a mentoring organization, church, or non-profit, connect with us to join our mentoring network or to be spotlighted on our show.
Please find out more at www.youcanmentor.com or find us on social media. You will find more resources on our website to help equip and encourage mentors. We have downloadable resources, cohort opportunities, and an opportunity to build relationships with other Christian mentoring leaders.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 277
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
177. Unsung Heroes - Mike Herrera
Who is the most influential person in your life? For most people, the answer is one of their parents. For some people, it's a mentor who spent countless hours pouring into them and teaching them ho…
176. Unsung Heroes - Ross King
Who is the most influential person in your life? For most people, the answer is one of their parents. For some people, it's a mentor who spent countless hours pouring into them and teaching them ho…
175. The Write Stuff
Have you ever thought about writing a book? Do you ever wonder if somebody is going to want to read what you have to say? Do you feel like you're not eloquent enough to communicate your ideas? Bel…
174. Fruit of the Spirit: Love
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoice…
173. How God Uses Broken People: Reframe, Redeem, Restore
If you feel like you're not good enough to mentor, you're in good company. So many of the Bible's characters had serious character flaws. Peter denied Jesus three times, even after adamantly tellin…
172. The Dangers of Distraction
Distraction is all around us. Our phones, social media, television, news outlets....the list goes on and on. Our work productivity suffers and we don't invest our emotional capital into the relatio…
171. Mentoring The Trafficked with Audrey Hood from Allies Inc.
According to the US Department of Homeland Security, human trafficking generated an estimated $150 billion in profits globally. An estimated 25 million people are victimized by traffickers; 20% of w…
170. The Power of Projects
“With is greater than for.” That’s a quote that has a lot of meanings, but in this case, it carries the idea that doing life WITH God is greater than doing life FOR God. Our most meaningful interac…
169. Big Words, Bigger Meaning
Omniscience, Omnipresent, Omnipotence. These are big words that describe three characteristics of God. He is omniscient. He is omnipresent. He is omnipotent. But do we actually know what these wo…
168. The Simplicity of Mentoring
It's the middle of January, which means we've had a chance to make (and fail at) some New Year's Resolutions. But the reality of life is that we make time for the things that are truly important to …
167. Person, Program, Place
The life of a mentoring organization involves implementing programs. Maybe it’s as simple as a mentoring program where individual mentors are connected with individual mentees. Maybe it’s an after …
166. The Four R's of Christmas Break
More and more, Americans are stating that they feel burned out. With the holiday season in full swing, and Christmas right around the corner, those feelings of burnout are even more prevalent. Ther…
165. Broken Bones: When Mentees Make Mistakes
When a bone breaks, the recovery process goes through three stages: reactive, reparative, and remodeling. It takes a while for each of these stages to occur, but the bone ultimately heals back stron…
164. What Different Cultures Can Teach Us / Zach Walks Into A Skate Shop
The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. This quote by Ruth Benedict proves to be true time and time again. Society is deter…
163. God's Timing Is Greater Than Our Timing
One of the core values at Forerunner Mentoring is "trust the process". It's this idea that as a mentor, you're not always going to see the fruit of your mentoring relationship. You may be sowing se…
162. Old is Gold with John Barnard from Middleman Ministries
Growing old is a fact of life. It’s inevitable and unavoidable. Most people hate growing old and do everything in their power to avoid it. But what if growing old isn’t a curse? What if it’s a bl…
161. Guiding Your Mentee Through The Lord's Prayer
Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. These words, found in Matthew 6 are the start of the most famous prayer in his…
160. The Good Shepherd
What does a shepherd do? They protect and guide their sheep. They show their sheep the way. In a way, they love their sheep. Jesus is known as the Good Shepherd, and models all of these things fo…
159. The Presence of a Mentor
How are people experiencing me as a mentor? What do people feel when I walk into the room? Every person has a presence. It's that thing people notice about them when they walk into a room, either …
158. Pillars of Mentoring: Community
It takes a village to raise a child. We’ve all heard this old saying, but it’s absolutely true; community is vital in every person’s life. We were never meant to do life alone. But how do you incl…