This Fall, we will be hosting a short and sweet Mentor’s Workshop for anyone interested in sharpening their skills or preparing to mentor someone for the first time. For me, I am always and forever a student in the mentoring ways of Jesus.
Listening to how Keith Anderson, Rob Loane, and I think about the importance of spiritual mentoring, frankly, jazzes me up. And perhaps, these excerpts from A Mentoring Guide: Christ. Conversation. Companionship will remind you as well that spiritual mentoring matters.
The gospel plays out best in relationships. We believe this is absolutely true. It is in close relationships with others where we begin to see how Christ is actually, specifically, beautifully active in the fabric of our everyday lives. In the sadness and celebration, the betrayal and forgiveness, the division and unity, in the beauty and the muddle of our lives, we discover together the Spirit’s relentlessly creative activity.
Keith Anderson shares more here about why spiritual mentoring matters.
Jesus lived his life immersed in a network of relationships. Jesus was with people. His life touched theirs. His head, hands, and heart were available to those with whom he lived. He walked the journey with them as a friend. He was not distant from them.
Jesus lived out his mission by developing a learning community of disciples. We must not overlook this most obvious element: personal relationship. He had many other options available to him, but he chose to live out his purposes by being with his followers, life upon life.
In this short video, I share why that “life upon life” way of Jesus has been so formative in my own story.
Mentoring is a commitment to intentionally walk with others. It is an invitation to be an intentional spiritual companion. At some point along the way a person or a series of people have walked well with us. A grandparent. A teacher. A coworker. A pastor. A friend. A neighbor. Their impact is written all over our life stories.
Their attention may have lasted for decades or it may have been a penetrating conversation at a critical time in our lives. Most often such relationships are unspectacular, but when viewed in retrospect, their effects are dramatic.
Rob Loane shares a few words here about the importance of mentoring.
An Invitation
I would love for you to join us for A Mentor’s Workshop—a one-time online gathering to explore the skills and gift of spiritual mentoring.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
7:30 pm to 8:45 pm Central Time
Online via Zoom
Register here
Together, we’ll explore the steps we must take—as novices or veterans—to walk more intentionally with others in the way of Jesus.
I hope to see your name among our friends gathering on November 18th!
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Pamela Edwards, PhD, serves VantagePoint3 Ministries by thinking about best practices for Adult Learning and Growth, with a particular eye on developmentally minded leaders. She co-authored A Mentoring Guide: Christ. Conversation. Companionship (VP3, 2019)