Month: August 2026

EP 58 Barnabas and Paul: When Mentoring Gets Complicated

EP 58 Barnabas and Paul: When Mentoring Gets Complicated

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Someone vouched for Paul when nobody else would. The believers in Jerusalem were frightened of him, and with good reason. Barnabas stood up and said, in effect: I know what you’ve heard. Trust me on this one.

That one act of belief shaped the early church.

Carson, Ingrid and Chuck walk through the friendship across Acts 9, 11 and 15 — the vouching, the partnership in Antioch, and the falling-out over John Mark. Their story isn’t tidy. Mentoring rarely is.

Along the way: how to spot potential in a mentee, how to encourage and hold to account at the same time, and what to do when conflict shows up.

Who in your life could use a Barnabas right now?
Ep. 57 Jesus as Mentor

Ep. 57 Jesus as Mentor

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Before leadership frameworks, there was a rabbi calling twelve ordinary men to walk with him. In this episode, we look at how Jesus mentored the Twelve: how he called them, walked with them, corrected them, and sent them out.

Carson, Chuck, and Ingrid unpack what that relationship still teaches leaders today.

Three lessons carry the episode.

  1. Be present, the way Jesus was fully present with the Twelve.
  2. Empower others, the way he equipped ordinary men to carry his mission forward.
  3. Model vulnerability, the way he did in Gethsemane, letting them see his humanity and not just his authority.

Chuck presses the harder edge: empowerment requires presence, not a hand-off. Mistakes are part of the process, not a failure of leadership. Guidance isn’t micromanagement.

And it’s rooted deeper than technique. Carson ties it back to Jesus’ own relationship with the Father, the source he mentored from. Ingrid reminds listeners that mentoring well doesn’t require being perfect. It requires being willing.

Who’s walking with you like that?

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