Mentor Week: The Thinkers

Mar 18, 2010 Print This Post

This week, I am blogging about different people who have mentored me in one way or another this past year or so. Today, I want to talk about The Thinkers. Now, in many ways all of the people I have blogged about this week are thinkers or they wouldn’t have made the list. But these people are the ones that kept make me say “aha” this year. None of them are pastors, and some are not affiliated with Christianity but I read and learn from them constantly.

Sethgodin
Seth Godin
Seriously one of the best blogs out there, period. His posts are short so my comments on him will be too.

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Brad Vermurlen
Brad is a grad student working toward his PhD in Sociology at Notre Dame. In his spare time, he works as a Research Team Captain at Docent Research Group and he volunteers as my Research Assistant. The dude is wicked smart and has a great heart for the Gospel and for the church. He is so valuable to me, not just in the research help but by what he posts for all the world to see on his blog. Brad is a great thinker and even when he just slaps a link up there, it’s worth checking out.

Todd Rhoades
Todd runs a great blog with too much pink in the design (just saying). Every day, I give it a quick look because he spends time surfing the web so I don’t have to. He links to a lot of stuff related to the church and it’s always worth the time to see what he has found.

Gary Vaynerchuk
A few years ago someone turned me onto Gary because of his energy, passion, and drive. Since then I have been reading and watching his stuff continually. This guy has a wicked work ethic and most pastors could learn a lot from him. Oh, and he is a wine guy so that’s a bonus.

Brett McKay
Speaking of wicked work ethic, check out ArtofManliness.com, run by Brett McKay. This guy is a serious workhorse and has a brilliant website encouraging men to be men. His thoughts are constantly challenging me to walk a different road than most men in our culture. Sweet mustache, too.

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Growing up in the Lansing area, I wanted nothing more than to get out. My exit strategy included a complex mixture of schemes for an urban church plant, iProducts, and an elaborate Bollywood car chase scene with zombies and catchy techno music.

As a 40 year old man, I find myself entrenched in the Lansing area at a church I love (Riverview), with 4 kids I love more (a high schooler, a junior higher, a middle schooler, and an elementary schooler), and a wife I love the most (Grace).

Instead of planting one church, I dream of helping hundreds get started without ever leaving my home base. I still love my iProducts and use them as tools to help lead and teach the thousands who attend Riverview. And when no one is looking, I blare the techno music and send my unimpressive resume to casting agents for Bollywood zombie films.

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