This study guide to Everyone Needs A Sam is designed for small group study and personal devotions. The goal is to help you find your own Sams and to seek biblical wisdom with a passion. The guide includes a brief recap of each chapter in Everyone Needs A Sam, along with key points and a key scripture. Everyone Needs A Sam focuses on seeking wisdom and finding mentors; the ones standing beside you and guarding your back. Mentors for life These mentors, these advisers, these Sams, are out there ready to help you on your life journey. But you have to ask. You have to listen. You have to find them. This is for everyone seeking guidance, whether they realize it or not. It looks at what these Sams are and are not, what they can and can't do. And most importantly, Everyone Needs A Sam zeros in on finding the right mentors, the ones whose lessons stay a lifetime. Let's go find your Sams.

Welcome to our world, one that includes the Little Black Dress, the three Sons of Thunder, a dog who thinks it can fly, a couple of cats and yours truly. The Dress, or LBD for short, is my wife and mother of the Sons. And the Sons are, well, the Sons. Within this book you'll learn some sage advice from talking animals. And speaking of animals, you will discover, as if you didn't know already, that squirrels are evil. I am, by training and profession, a journalist. Over the years, as The Dress and I faced the world and the Sons joined us, I chronicled our adventures. While almost everyone has a spouse and children, few have such a combination as the LBD and the Sons under one roof. Thus, our story. We have faced death, near death and attended funerals we did not want to. But we've also dug to China, campaigned in the Great Water War, survived a sinking catamaran and pretty much blew up a waverunner. Life is hard, but it can also be fun. And if you have your own LBD and Sons (or Daughters), you realize you never know what will happen next. How you handle what gets thrown at you is the key. So there will be a little advice, a few tears, lots of laughs and some points to ponder. We've learned what we are good at, and also what we fear. We learned that our faith is our core foundation. We've also learned we are better together, and while we don't understand everything or the "whys," we know God is still in control. Welcome to our world