Talk about a recipe for growth!  I just started thinking about all the connections I am going to be maintaining this fall.  If God is in this, I can’t help but learn something this year.

One thing my leadership courses taught me at ACTS was mentoring is critical to growth.  You need three types of relationships - peer relationships, someone older/wiser/more experienced, and someone younger/less wise/less experienced to speak into.  This way you can give a lot and receive in return, and not burn out.

Peer relationships that are deep enough to speak into my life (and me into theirs):

• Brandon
• Bill
• There could be a couple more but things are still early.

Mentoring me:

• Phil
• Ken

Being mentored by me:

• Harry
• Shane

Even those people I am mentoring, man, they are real God-followers!  I will be learning a ton from them too, no matter what happens.  But from what I have heard/read about people who mentor, they always learn from their students as well, so that’s supposed to happen.

Now the big challenge - keeping connected with all these people!  Luckily there are a lot of systems we can use to our advantage.  And not just technology!

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