Comments on: Every Man Needs a Man Mentor

By: allan

allan — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:22:47 +0000

extremely great article & amazing content on your website.
actually, one of the greatest overlooked chararacteristics of Jesus Christ is the fact that – before he created a church – he called a team together to mentor…
without traveling outside of the small nation of israel he changed the world by FIRST transforming the lives of a few MEN…
also… being a disciple is not just a “christian thing” – artists, musicians, politicians, etc… would atract disciples… it was an ancient form of “mentoring”…
the greatest responsiblity is on the mentor…. HE must have the goods if he is goinna impart and impact a future generation.
THANKS again for thought provocating material!

By: Lin

Lin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:53:51 +0000

I met Andrew when his bust of Chief Black Kettle was presented at the 125th Anniversary of the Battle of the Washita. In the ensuing years and until his death, we developed a deep friendship and yes, he gave me precious gifts that I treasure. He also chose me to preserve the lifework he still possessed til his death. I spent hours cataloging that work, recording his wisdom and documenting his biography. I was there at the US Olympics Committee Headquarters in Colorado when his bronze bust of Jim Thorpe was dedicated and in Oklahoma City when he and Ferguson Jenkins were honored at Red Ribbon week on the steps of the Capitol. I had other unique opportunities to see Andrew’s work.

He was a passionate artist and I had the honor of selecting his final resting place on this Earth, but was out of state and not able to attend his memorial service. I was honored, tho that a poem I wrote in his honor was read at that service. Long Live the wonderful memory of Andrew Lester!

By: Don Soard

Don Soard — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:30:21 +0000

During the late 1930s, Andrew Lester lived with my parents in Oklahoma City. They became good friends with Lester and he was quite fond of them. When he prepared to leave their place, Andrew wanted to give them a gift. He gave them his sculpture of a spanish dancer made from clay. This gift from Andrew was treasured by my folks all the rest of their days. It is true what Tom Galloway said: “That’s the way Andrew was. If he liked you, he gave you something!”. Much later in my life, my mother passed away. Andrew noticed the obit in the newspaper and wrote my father a wonder letter some 45 years after Andrew last saw my mother. What a wonder man and true friend he truly was for my parents and especially, my father, Harold A. Soard.

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:55:25 +0000

Ok, please stop calling black people African-Americans. 1) White people are called white people, not Caucasians. Thus, it makes sense to call black people, black people. 2) They are not African. They are American. Unless they are off the boat/plane, they are Americans. I don’t call a man whose ancestors came from Ireland an Irish-American, or a man who has Scot blood a Scottish-American. We don’t call a man whose great, great-grandparents came from France, a French-American. We don’t call a man whose family from Germanyhas been in the US for as little as 70 years a German-American. 3) Most black people have been in the United States for over 210 years. We began importing slaves in the 1600s, I believe around 300,000 in that century. Then in the 1700s the number jumped to 5-7 million. Finally, in between 1800-1820 3-4 million slaves were brought to the seasoning camps in the Caribbean. From there, they were sent to Brasil, Argentina, etc. OR the Carolinas and Virginia. But think about it, after then we didn’t need anymore slaves imported. We already had generations of slaves in the US. We weren’t buying anymore slaves from Africa. No, rather we were buying them from our neighbors. So no more African-American nonsense. Please. Man up, and don’t try to be politically correct to the T. It’s unbecoming, makes you seem weak, and no black people that I know actually care whether or not you call them black.

By: Felix

Felix — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:41:13 +0000

I have one too.
I got to know my mentor when I was in a band recording in his studio.
The band was one of those typical ones that fell apart in the recording studio and after that, I was rather listless and had no idea what to do with my life (I was 20 and was well on my way to dropping out of school).

One day, I got to mess around with the recording equipment and did some tweaking. He noticed and said I’ve got some potential in his line of work as an audio recording engineer.

4 years on and free-lancing around a lot, I’ve now gotten myself a nice full-time position as an audio technician and sound manager in a church while studying in an audio engineering course part-time.

I owe my mentor much for this drive and passion I have for this line of work, my job.