Finding a Mentor, Being a Mentor: Sharing Our Lives as Women of God

by Donna Otto

Overview

Helping women share the joys and pains of everyday life, mentoring provides a venue for discussing effective strategies for navigating the demands of being a wife, mother, friend, and businesswoman. Mentoring helps women- Understand God's unique purpose for their lives Makes better use of time, skills, and spiritual gifts Cultivates a stronger faith and trust in God Donna shows how to develop and nourish a mentoring relationship that will produce abundant spiritual fruit. (Condensed from Between Women of God and The Gentle Art of Mentoring.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736906425
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	07/01/2001
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.42(w) x 7.96(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Donna Otto, home and life management expert, is the author of several books, including Get More Done in Less Time, The Stay-at-Home Mom, and Finding a Mentor, Being a Mentor. She is the founder of Homemakers by Choice and speaks to women's groups across the nation. Donna and her husband, David, have a grown daughter, Anissa, and have been married for more than 30 years.

Table of Contents

	From My Heart to Yours
1.	The Classroom of the Heart: Answering the Call to Become a Mentor	11
2.	Is It Time for Me?: Stepping Forward into a Titus 2 Ministry	21
3.	The Value of Vulnerability: Taking the Risk to Develop a Relationship	31
4.	Between Women of God: Welcoming a Younger Woman into Your Heart	43
5.	Daughters of the Heart: Growing Deeper with God Together	59
6.	Caught in Comparisons: Accepting God's Plan for Who We Are	67
7.	A Unique Way of Giving: Being a Titus 2 Woman to Your Friends' Daughters	81
8.	Frustrations and Farewells: Facing the Challenges of the Mentoring Relationship	95
9.	Rave Reviews: Celebrating the Blessings of the Titus 2 Ministry	105
10.	The Fingerprint of God: Continuing to Be Touched by God's Transforming Power	113
11.	Our Privilege: Titus 2 in Action	123
	Tools for Developing Successful Mentoring Relationships
	A Touch of Grace: A Visit with Elisabeth Elliot Gren	131
	30-Week Mentoring Guide
1.	The Character of a Christian	142
2.	Taming the Tongue	145
3.	Reasons to Stay Home	149
4.	Disciplines of a Godly Womam	153
5.	Fashioning Your Mental Wardrobe	156
6.	Being Imitators	159
7.	Unity	161
8.	Knowing and Finding His Purpose	164
9.	Busyness	168
10.	Trying Trust	172
11.	"At-One-Ment"	175
12.	Serving	178
13.	How to Love Your Husband	181
14.	The Way to Your Husband's Heart	184
15.	Building Your Mate in Love	187
16.	Communicating with Your Mate	190
17.	How to Simply Submit	193
18.	Intimacy	195
19.	Diagnosing Your Children	198
20.	Training the Will of Your Children	201
21.	Disciplining Your Children	204
22.	Praying for Your Children	208
23.	The Ministry of Motherhood	214
24.	Learning to Love Your Children	217
25.	The Ministry of Your Mansion	220
26.	Being the Keeper of Your Home	222
27.	Food, Menus, and Hospitality	225
28.	Finances and Budgets	229
29.	Feathering Your Nest	232
30.	Creating Family Memories	235
	Mentors for Mothers	239
	Supplemental Reading List	247