While money is not inherently bad, the love of money is evil (1 Timothy 6:10). And when it comes to financial indebtedness, the borrower is a servant to the lender (Proverbs 22:7). Now in light of today’s national financial crisis, I can’t help but bring the issue into the topic of mentoring boys […]
Posted on February 28th, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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From Role Model to Mentor
In my book, Squires to Knights - Mentoring Our Teenage Boys I wrote a chapter titled: From Role Model to Mentor. While role models are great, it’s mentoring that really gets the job done. Role models may never interact with the kids who are watching and learning. […]
Posted on February 14th, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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One of the Best Role Models in Professional Sports
I’m currently reading a book titled: How to Raise an MVP, Most Valuable Person (Ambrose and Freda Robinson, Zondervan Publishing House, 1996). It was written by the parents of David Robinson, retired super star of the San Antonio Spurs.
This is how David introduces this book […]
Posted on February 6th, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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