Men Mentoring Men Again: Men’s Discipleship Course is by Daryl G. Donovan, published by CSS Publishing. ISBN 9780788015946. It is a workbook rather than a book to read.
Sort out the editions first
Donovan has published this material more than once, and the titles are close enough to cause mistakes:
- Men Mentoring Men, the original course
- Men Mentoring Men Again, this one, a second course of different sessions rather than a new edition of the first
- Men Mentoring Men, Revised Edition, from 2014
The word “Again” is doing real work in that title. It is a follow-on, so if you are starting from scratch, the original course or the revised edition is the more sensible entry point. Check the ISBN before ordering, because the covers look similar.
How it works
It is built for two men meeting one to one, or a small group, working through a session at a time. Each session has content, Scripture, questions, and something to do before the next meeting. There is a personal growth plan you fill in and track.
The design assumption is that nobody needs to be a trained teacher. One man is a little further along and the two of them work the material together. That makes it usable in a church with no men’s ministry infrastructure, which is most churches.
What it deals with
Practical territory rather than theological: recurring sin you cannot shake, a schedule with no room in it, what integrity looks like at work, prayer, and how to actually read Scripture consistently. Journaling and regular Bible reading are built into the plan.
The questions are the substance. They are written to be answered out loud to another man, which is the point and also the part most men will want to dodge.
Strengths and limits
The strength is that it is a structure, not an argument. If you have wanted to meet with a younger man and had no idea what to actually do for an hour, this solves that specific problem.
The limits are worth naming. It is workbook writing, which means it is functional rather than memorable, and the prose will not move you. It is also from a smaller publisher and reads as a produced curriculum rather than a polished trade book. And because it is a second course, some sessions assume ground the earlier book covered.
Who it suits
Good for a man who has already been through the first course and wants more, and for a pastor or lay leader who needs a ready-made one-to-one framework. Reasonable for two friends who want structure instead of another open-ended coffee.
Not for you if you want a book to read, or if you are looking for teaching depth. This is a tool.
Bottom line
A functional, unglamorous one-to-one discipleship workbook that solves the “what do we actually do” problem. Just make sure you are buying the course you mean to, since three similarly titled versions exist.
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