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How Howard Hendricks Taught Me the Importance of Mentorship

How Howard Hendricks Taught Me the Importance of Mentorship

With my daughter asking to go to the pool in one ear and Dr. Gene Getz's phone call in my other, I can remember that day like it was yesterday. As the phone call was being pushed to a close, these words came out of Getz’s mouth “Maina, you should write a book on the life of Dr. Hendricks.”

Those words would lead to a two-year study on the importance of mentorship, a book contract and endless conversations on how the life of one man impacted Christian leaders such as Dr. Tony Evans, Jennie Allen, Andy Stanley, Bruce Wilkerson and more.

If Moses Needed a Mentor, Don't We All?

If Moses Needed a Mentor, Don't We All?

Immersed in our own situations, we are in danger of being guided by ideas that might no longer apply, of sticking with old interpretations of situations that might have changed and of missing warning signs hidden in the familiar. We often need someone else to be our eyes. Just like Moses needed a mentor, so do we.