Call Waiting

It was February 2002.

Imagine being asked . . . to write your obituary . . . send it to a total stranger . . . 

Then spend a year of your life meeting once a month for 3 hours with an older, wiser, "mentor" and 8 other guys, knowing only one of them.

In my immature mind, I would be rubbing elbows with the "best of Atlanta" and would come out of the year with a new job, a new net worth, and a new set of connections in the business world. A perfect situation for a 27-year-old 'know-it-all' ready to take on the world.   

Fast forward to February 2015.

Imagine being asked by the same older, wiser "mentor" . . . to leave your comfortable corporate job . . . to partner with him in a radical venture . . . to spend the next season of your life working with men and church leaders committed to building up the next generation and making disciples of Jesus that will change families, communities, and churches. A perfect situation for a 40-year-old ready to help the younger generation avoid some of the mistakes he made.   

That’s the funny thing about calling. Sometimes you are ready to accept the call and other times you just want to send it voicemail . . .  to come back to it when you have time. I'm a firm believer in the idea that “God prepares the called and calls the prepared.” I needed to walk through the corporate world for 15 years doing what I thought was the best thing for my family—accumulating SkyMiles and Marriott Points, missing a baseball game or two, waking up unfulfilled and working in an area outside of my purpose—to best prepare me for my calling.   

You see, I am a product of an investment made in me by a mentor who was willing to be used by God to pour into me what had been given to him. I now believe my calling, at least for this season of my life, is partnering with him to engage as many men as possible through small group mentoring. And it's totally consistent with the life purpose statement I developed in my Radical Mentoring Group 17 years ago . . . 

I exist to glorify God by helping others unlock and apply their God-given talents and strengths.

Imagine that!  

Now in February 2019, as Executive Director of Radical Mentoring for the last four years, I’ve seen that . . . Mentoring begins one conversation at a time. It only takes one man taking a leap of faith, connecting with his church, grabbing 8 younger guys and pouring into them. If that happens enough times, we’ll have helped begin a mentoring movement that will change families, communities and churches all over. And that is the same thing Jesus did with His 12 guys. Maybe it’s your time to start that one conversation. If it is, I’d love to connect. Don’t hesitate to call (770-710-7596) or email (kevin@radicalmentoring.com).