The words that my mentor spoke into my
life, when I left for Bihar 16 years back, has been a guiding light through my
young years. He reminded me the words that Paul exhorted his young assistant
Timothy, “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example…” (2 Timothy 4:12)
This Mentoring
Special issue is for teachers, parents, children, youths, missionaries,
pastors, leaders and working professionals. This is both a mentorship manual
and an enjoyable material for the casual reader.
“Teaching helps to understand what to
think, but mentoring trains to know how to think” reads the article ‘Have your Paul & Know your Timothy’
pointing out to the purpose of mentoring and encourages everyone to mentor and
to be mentored with five principles. ‘To
Go Beyond Oneself’ in the Red Hot
column takes this truth further by showing what selfless mentoring looks like.
‘Why
We Do Not Mentor?’ dwells into the reasons behind failures
in mentoring and recommends corrective measures to handle the dearth of
leadership.
‘Proven
Gold’ in Calltoon
and ‘Frustrated Ryan’ in the Children’s Chronicles columns bring a
double treat for children and teens with interesting and inspiring stories. In ‘His Hand, Upon Me’ a GEMS MK shares
how God’s word and His grace acts in his life to mould him towards God-ordained
destiny.
‘Parental
Mentoring of Children’ in the Get Equipped column practically teaches the principles to follow at
home. ‘Mentoring Girls to Become
Deborahs’ chronicles the work of GEMS in training young girls through DBTC
(Deborah Bible Training Center).
Reminding the call of God to be His
witness at the workplace, the Tentmaking
article ‘The Mantle & The
Marketplace’ prescribes the ABC’s of mentoring to sustain and develop the
momentum of ministry at the marketplace.
“Mentoring is not only about developing
people to take up the leadership position, but imparting the vision” prompts
the lead article ‘Pass the Baton’ which
presents the practices of leaders in the Bible in mentoring people to carry
forward the vision and mission.
The Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo India
Shivkumar in a recent interview on dealing with the Millennials (whom he says
are 2/3rds of the country) is vocal about this different generation – they do
not believe in hierarchy & top-down leadership, they want to race against
time and they believe in progress, the values of the organization & open
communication.
It is this generation that God is calling
us to mentor and to raise as mentors.
The quote on the cover by Janet Thompson
says, “Mentoring is: Sharing Life's Experiences and God's Faithfulness”. The
Message version of 2 Timothy 4:12 ends, “Teach
believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by
integrity.” Let’s mentor through our life and be mentored to reflect God's
Faithfulness.
Mem(nt)orable Reading!
Mariyosh Joseph
Chief
Editor, The CALL