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Category: Mentoring

Where are the mentors?

Posted by Kristy Tarrant at November 18, 2013
Where Are the Mentors?             We want to believe that genius and skill are natural, but the truth is that they are dependent on discipline and training far more than on raw talent alone.  Any of us who admire an elegant surgeon or an astute clinician or a sensitive counselor will instinctively agree that they engaged in the thoughtful preparation and intentional investment of time, yet we expect teaching and mentoring to happen ... Read More »
Topics: disciple discipline doctor medicine mentee mentor Mentoring relationship

Discipling Rhonda, Mentoring Karla

Posted by Kristy Tarrant at November 15, 2013
          I’ve never thought of myself as a natural “discipler,”—helping another become more like Jesus.  How am I, a broken human being, an expert on being like Jesus? I especially don’t think of myself as a natural “mentor,”—helping another become more like me.   I feel uncomfortable when I read Paul’s words calling others to imitate him: “Therefore I urge you to imitate me.”(1 Corinth... Read More »
Topics: abuse coach disciple discipler encouragement homelessness Mentoring physican prayer running skid row trauma

Mentoring Men

Posted by Kristy Tarrant at November 15, 2013
My ideas about mentoring have been shaped (as it is for us all) by my own experiences as the mentee and also as the mentor.  Mentor in the dictionary is defined as “a trusted counselor or guide; one who acts as a coach or tutor.”  When I think about mentoring I am reminded of a song by Michael Card, called “The Bearers of Light”: The Light we must bear is the Light we must share is the Light that illumines the darkness. The promises kept give u... Read More »
Topics: busy encourager follower intimacy leader men Mentoring trusted friend

Perspectives from a Coach

Posted by Kristy Tarrant at November 15, 2013
After 15 years of working in business and finance, in the summer of 1999 I left that world in my rear view mirror and drove across the country in a U-Haul in order to shift gears in my life and vocation.  I had turned down an opportunity for partnership in the financial planning firm where I worked from 1996-1999 as a result of realizing that I wanted to do more than help people work toward financial freedom.  I wanted to journey with them toward true freedom. During the second year... Read More »
Topics: coaching discipleship goals Mentoring resident success true freedom