SPIRITUAL MENTORING:
A Guide for Seeking and Giving Direction
By Keith Anderson and Randy Reese. Eagle. 222 pages. £7.99
ISBN 0 86347 319 9
It probably happens a good deal, in an unstructured and informal way, that one Christian becomes a mentor to another. The intention of this book is to encourage mentoring to happen more and to be more effective by becoming more structured and purposeful.
Mentoring has been means of spiritual development since long before Jesus first said: 'Follow me'. Spiritual directors have been valued in some sections of the church for centuries. In recent years, evangelicals have become increasingly interested. This book, written by two American Bible school tutors, is a further expression of that interest. It reached me just when I was reflecting on how to fulfil a request to mentor someone, so I read with practical interest.
