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mentoring

Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend who is teetering on the precipice of some major life changes.  For months she has been having to keep on with her life and wait while the process of this change evolves. It involves decisions of other people, but ultimately it  will be sovereignly led by [...]

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Not long ago, I met my friend for breakfast for our weekly appointment. The way it works is that one of us just starts talking about what is happening in our life that week. (Well, we try to wait until after we pray for breakfast first, but you get the picture!) Over the meal, we [...]

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So what does it take to be a spiritual mother? In some ways, we can say that to be a spiritual mother, you need the same qualifications as a physical mother.  So what are they? To be a physical mother, she must be a member of the family.  Normally there are a husband, wife and [...]

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Over the years, I have thought and read about how to be more effective mentoring women in our churches particularly.  The more I observe how to do it, the more sensitive I am to the times we mess up. It’s not that I have come up with all these original ideas of how to spiritually [...]

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BEING JESUS TO EACH OTHER…

by Martha on January 14, 2011

in gospel of grace,mentoring

A recent conversation this week has been bouncing around in my head.  It has been a heavy reminder of my responsibilities to God mainly, but also to those around me.  Let me back up a bit and give you some context to the conversation. BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP We were chatting over our respective drinks: a coffee [...]

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