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fdterritory's review
2.0
Myers' text is a mixed bag which really depends on what you want. If you're looking for a book that has some good ideas on how to mentor and encourage teenagers, there's a lot of good things in here. The author has a good grasp of the current "unique" (?) problems of indifference, detachment, and hyper-entertainment of today's teenagers, and adequately demonstrates the value of spending real time and effort to mentor kids rather than just telling them what to do. The concrete steps are relatively simple to use and keep in mind, and the book itself is fairly precise.
However, if you were drawn to this book in terms of what it *claims* to be--a Christian approach to mentoring--you're going to be disappointed. Most of the Christian content of the text is simply self-help and self-improvement rather than Christian. There are numerous flaws in both the Christian theological basics such as a misunderstanding of blessing, sin, and the state of the fallen Christian, and much of what Myers encourages has little if anything to do with God's power and work. He also tends to lean on gimmicky alliteration and language which actually clouds the message he's trying to communicate rather than making it memorable.
So if you're prepared enough to take what is good from this text and discard the rest, there are some good ideas here. If you get swept away in the theological failings of the book, it's not worth your time. It's really up to you.
However, if you were drawn to this book in terms of what it *claims* to be--a Christian approach to mentoring--you're going to be disappointed. Most of the Christian content of the text is simply self-help and self-improvement rather than Christian. There are numerous flaws in both the Christian theological basics such as a misunderstanding of blessing, sin, and the state of the fallen Christian, and much of what Myers encourages has little if anything to do with God's power and work. He also tends to lean on gimmicky alliteration and language which actually clouds the message he's trying to communicate rather than making it memorable.
So if you're prepared enough to take what is good from this text and discard the rest, there are some good ideas here. If you get swept away in the theological failings of the book, it's not worth your time. It's really up to you.
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