A Mentor Quiz

Returning to the subject of two or three posts ago - mentoring.

Take this quick quiz. It's a two part test. Time yourself. You have five minutes for each part.

PART ONE: Answer as many of these as you can in five minutes:

1. Name the sites of the last three Winter Olympics.
2. Name the last three Nobel Peace Prize winners.
3. Name the first three vice presidents of the United States.
4. Name the last three Super Bowl locations.
5. Name the last three winners of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

How did you do? Apart from the real trivia nuts among usyou probably missed a few in five minutes. Now move on to the second part.

PART TWO: Answer as many of these as you can in five minutes:

1. Name three teachers who were particularly helpful to you in school.
2. Name three family members who were/are good role models for you.
3. Name three people with whom you have/do enjoy working.
4. Name three heroes who inspired/inspire you.
5. Name three people who helped strengthen your faith.

Odds are you did better with Part Two than with Part One. Facts, information, sound bytes are all important, but it tends to be people who are the benchmarks of our lives. Relationships mold us more than data. We can pump loads of information into a person's head, concerning biblical data, doctrinal teaching, instructions in Christian living and everything else. That won't hold a candle to a relationship with a growing, witnessing, serving Jesus-follower. That's why mentoring is so important.

I'll see you around the next bend in the river.