A Look in the Mirror

A Look in the Mirror is a monthly equipping article for pastors and leaders. This newsletter deals with the practical issues facing leadership in a concise format that is relevant and Biblical. (Click here to view Pat’s Weekly Briefings).

August 16, 2016

253: What Is The “Bottleneck” MOST Holding Us Back Today?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Is The “Bottleneck” MOST Holding Us Back Today? by Dr. Patrick Morley Volume 253 August 16, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Is The “Bottleneck” MOST Holding Us Back Today? Twenty years ago there wasn’t enough good curriculum to disciple men. Leaders who attended the annual meetings of NCMM (the “National […]

July 19, 2016

252: Mentoring Millennials: You Are Not A Kung Fu Master

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mentoring Millennials: You Are Not A Kung Fu Master by Brett Clemmer Volume 252 July 19, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Why can’t he just get here on time?” “Why is he so uptight about everything?” “Did you notice her texting during the meeting?” “That idea probably won’t work, but they don’t want […]

June 21, 2016

251: Temporal Work as a Kingdom Priority

Trouble viewing this email? Click Here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Priorities – Temporal Work as a Kingdom Priority by Dr. Patrick Morley Volume 251 June 21, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the benefits of traveling is building a portfolio of good stories. Unfortunately, most of those stories are about the challenges of traveling. I remember, […]

May 17, 2016

250: Classic Issue – Father’s Day

Trouble viewing this email? Click Here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classic Issue – Making the Most of Father’s Day by Patrick Morley Volume 250 May 17, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Moth · er’s Day (mutherz day) n. A day devoted to honoring moms. Fath · er’s Day (fätherz day) n. A day to beat […]

April 19, 2016

249: Self-Made vs. Father-Forged

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Self-Made vs. Father-Forged by Pete Alwinson Volume 249 April 19, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Self-made men inevitably self-destruct. This is my deep conviction after a life time of personal experience with my own attempts at growth as well as from thousands of interactions with guys as a pastor and speaker. Life is […]

March 15, 2016

248 – The 80/20 Christian

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 80/20 Christian by Patrick Morley Volume 248 March 15, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One day while working in his garden, Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto, noticed that 20% of the pea pods produced 80% of the peas. He first noted the principle that 20% of our efforts produces 80% of our […]

February 16, 2016

247 – Helping Your Sons Answer Their Questions About Sex

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helping Your Sons Answer Their Questions About Sex (adapted from The Young Man in the Mirror) by Patrick Morley Volume 247 February 16, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suggestion: Have your sons read this article and then discuss it with them. Did your dad give you “the talk”? If you’re like most of […]

January 26, 2016

246 – Helping Hurting Men | Broken Mirrors

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helping Hurting Men | Broken Mirrors by Jeff Kisiah Volume 246 January 26, 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jim (not his real name) was fairly active in many of the men’s activities–a “behind the scenes” guy who liked to make things happen but stayed out of the spotlight. Jim walked into church every […]

November 17, 2015

244 – Do You Care? I Hope I’m Wrong, But I Doubt It

Trouble viewing this email? Click Here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do You Care? I Hope I’m Wrong, But I Doubt It Volume 244 November 17, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s painful to say this, but after working in men’s evangelism and discipleship for four decades, it’s clear to me that most men don’t care what happens to […]

October 20, 2015

243 – No Young Man Left Behind: Reaching Millennials

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No Young Man Left Behind: Reaching Millennials By Brett Clemmer, Vice President of Man in the Mirror Volume 243 October 20, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Much has been written about this group of men and women born between 1985 and 2000, often called Millennials, or Mosaics. They grew up in a fundamentally […]

September 15, 2015

242 – Classic Issue: Ten Ways to Really Love a Woman

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “The Theology of Marriage” Made Practical Volume 242 September 15, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consider the multitude of problems men face–the problems you face. Now put the marriage problem in one stack, and all the “other” problems men face in a second stack. The marriage problem alone is bigger than all the other […]

August 18, 2015

241 – 10 Ideas To Start Men’s Discipleship Conversations

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10 Ideas To Start Men’s Discipleship Conversations Volume 241 August 18, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are ten scripts from “The Man in the Mirror Minute” radio program that I think hit the bull’s eye on men’s discipleship. Consider discussing them with your men’s leadership team. Or pull a few men from […]