I'm teaching on Mentoring Relationships tomorrow in the Be[cause] Adult Bible Fellowship. This is a topic that I'm pretty passionate about. I wouldn't say that I'm a great mentor, but I've certainly had some really good mentors and models in my life. And I would bet, that most of my mentors didn't even know how powerfully they were impacting me. They may not have even realized that they were mentoring me!
But that's the way it should be in a good organic mentoring relationship. They two parties may not even realized all that is happening. I would have to say that most of my experience being a mentor is with my own sons. As they grew up and got into high school, we would go out once a week for breakfast and talk. Sometimes we studied something and discussed it. But mostly we connected and talked. Jon and I met for breakfast this morning and had a great time. I love spending time with my sons!
My desire for each person in the class is that they would see the need for having a mentor(s) and know how to ask someone to mentor them in a specific area.
So, what areas would you like to be mentored in? What are the qualities of a good mentor? What's the best mentor you've ever had? I'd love to hear your experiences with mentoring.
Don't go it alone! There are people who care just waiting to be asked. Both your lives will be the richer.
