An Example of Holiness
- Seeking Him
- March 19, 2008
Is someone discouraged from following Christ because of you? View More →
Resources by Topic: Friendships & Mentoring
How to Become a Mentor
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 31, 2007
Many younger women want the advice and counsel of older women. Nancy and Betty Huizenga tell mentors how to connect with those who are eager to learn. View More →
Meaningful Connection
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 30, 2007
There’s plenty of communication going on these days, but we're missing real connection. Nancy and a group of women talk about making meaning connections. View More →
The Seed Gets Planted
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 27, 2007
Mentoring can involve some simple activities: Sharing a recipe or a story, or offering encouragement. View More →
Passing the Baton
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 26, 2007
Have you ever considered mentoring someone? Nancy encourages you to do this even if you don’t feel like a spiritual "superstar." View More →
Counter-Cultural Women
- Revive Our Hearts
- March 20, 2007
God doesn’t just teach you things for your benefit. He wants you to pass on what you’ve learned to the next generation. View More →
Training Our Daughters
- Revive Our Hearts
- June 13, 2006
It’s so important to train the next generation of women to have modest hearts as they grow up in an increasingly permissive world. View More →
You Can be a Mentor
- Revive Our Hearts
- July 11, 2005
A lot of women read Proverbs 31 . . . a description of a godly woman . . . and they feel lowly by comparison. View More →
I needed to find other women like me to befriend. Same ideas. Same hobbies . . . not too much to ask, right? A few months later, I was making minimal progress. Continue Reading …
A simple principle helpful in dealing with difficult people is, I am not responsible for what others do to me, but for my own reactions and responses to others. Continue Reading …
Does anyone in your life have permission to get in your face in a Galatians 6:1–2 kind of way? Continue Reading …
We can keep on claiming the mantra of the misfit, or we can grab onto the truth that we do fit in--with Christ. Continue Reading …
It’s an unpredictable and unfulfilling way to live when you depend on the approval of others. Continue Reading …
How do we glean gold from godly women? By asking great questions. Continue Reading …
From behind podiums and computer screens, in kitchens and nurseries, at committee meetings and in foyers, we set a tone for our church that affects everyone—including our youngest members. Continue Reading …
What does Christ-centered discipleship look like? Kelly Needham shares three helpful metaphors to shape our mentoring relationships. Continue Reading …
You weren’t meant to sit alone in the spectator’s section. You don’t even have to be an Olympic sprinter to run this race. It’s our race to run—step by step, life to life. Continue Reading …
At what point am I the older woman other women desire to learn from? Continue Reading …
Older women in the faith, do you recognize the vital importance of your influence and example? Whom could you make room for in your life to guide toward maturity? Continue Reading …
When women live out the beauty of the gospel together, they cultivate a life-giving culture in the church that honors God’s Word. Continue Reading …
Your action and obedience may be what God uses to bring about change in someone’s life. Continue Reading …
The goal of mentoring is to know Christ in a more intimate way through the benefit and blessing of walking purposefully alongside a more mature believer. Continue Reading …
Little did I know that God was going to do something at a women’s event that would impact me eternally: God was about to move in and provide me with the gift of a true friend. Continue Reading …
It’s time to stop avoiding our sisters in Christ because they possess what we’re longing for. Continue Reading …
What do we do in mentoring? We encourage, comfort, and challenge women to follow what Scripture says. It is as simple as that. And we mentor for one ultimate goal . . . Continue Reading …
Not one single woman is ever totally available, totally free from complications and trials, totally strong to lean upon. Nonetheless, we are designed and called to lean upon one another. Continue Reading …
Why we need Titus 2 intergenerational, mentoring relationships. Continue Reading …
Years ago, Nancy received a letter from a man who faithfully listens to the Revive Our Hearts programs—a resource God used to renew his heart. Continue Reading …
How can you tell if a mentoring relationship is beginning to veer off into the ditch of neediness? Continue Reading …
When discipleship and real life meet, it’s a whole lot more than mere Bible study. Continue Reading …