No doubt my wife has been my life & spiritual partner for the past 19 years. However, she is my lovely wife, not my mentor. Although I have learned lots of life wisdom from her...
Sometimes I feel pretty lonely as I do not have spiritual mentors whom I could turn to while I encounter various church issues & ministry challenges. I missed the time in the seminary when I could always ask various questions from some professors with spiritual insights. It is a drawback when an inexperienced pastor became a lead pastor -- not by my own choice, but a calling I could not refuse years ago -- as you lead the church, it is hard to have spiritual mentor & partner inside the church...
I was so glad this week when I met another pastor from another city during our district conference. We both feel the importance of spiritual disciples. We both enjoy reading books by Richard Foster, Eugene Peterson & Henry Nouwen. I don't know when I will talk to him again, but I decide to pray to God for spiritual mentor & partner, here in Ottawa, & maybe even at OMAC...
"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another" (Proverbs 27:17).
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