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Watch this video about cross-company mentoring from the business MERCK entitled 'A Sparring Partner for The Career Ladder' first uploaded by The Explore Magazine, 3 January 2011 and consider the potential and value of cross-church, or cross-seminary or cross-mission ...

The Flight Master By Sharon Heron - (Written for a mentor from my formative years as I watched teach his grandchildren)   I watched you unobserved at the top of the windy hill untangling the string, little girls dancing on impatient feet as you prepared the kite for flight.   The wind caught it and the tiny blue and yellow kite plane soared in the sky, streamers trailing.   The eldest child took control and the kite plummeted to the sod. With grandfatherly care you began the ...

A Mentor is  People Grower by Helen Lowerie Marshall He has a sort of green thumb When it comes to handling folks. He’ll listen to their troubles, He’ll chuckle at their jokes. Somehow they know his interest Is genuine and true, And right before your eyes you’ll see Them grow an inch or two. You’ll see their faces blossom out In smiles of budding cheer. You know they found a ray of hope To drive away their fear: You know he sowed the seeds of...

Challenge your mentee to use their mobile phone to go into their community and take 10 pictures related to a theme.  They could be challenged to take photos of pictures that represent various attributes of God, poverty and wealth, etc. Ask them to come to the next session prepared to show you the pictures and tell you what they have learned as a result of doing this exercise.  They may ev...