There’s been a lot of talk lately about “spiritual abuse” in the Church. In truth, these conversations have been happening for centuries – for example: the prophet Jeremiah called out priests and prophets on the misuse of their authority, Jesus had rather a lot to say to the Pharisees, and then there was that one…
I’ve been mentoring (with varying degrees of formality) for about 10 years now, and some of those mentoring relationships have been absolutely amazing. Others… well, not so much. It’s always a flattering thing when someone asks you to mentor them. It usually means they like you, and (at least for the moment) care what you think. If you know…
Years ago when I first started training to be a worship leader, my mentor gave me a copy of this quote. One of his mentors gave it to him, and he’s had it posted on his wall in every office he’s had since. I don’t have an office, but I have it posted where I…
