Monday Dec 30, 2019

172: Laura Flanders and The Mentored Life

Laura Flanders is the Associate Lecturer and Chair of Training and Mentoring Curriculum and one of my personal mentors. Today, we talk about mentoring, what mentoring is, and how to go about it as both a mentor and a mentee. We take questions from my friends on Facebook about mentoring, and Laura reaches to her bookshelf to share the books and resources that have shaped her ministry in mentoring.

Listen to our conversation now!

Stories we talked about:

  • Her role as a mentor at Denver Seminary
  • How knowing and community relate
  • Definition of mentoring that we can share
  • Different kinds of mentors
  • Being interdependent as a mentee
  • How to take ownership of your own learning
  • Discovering your bent in mentoring
  • The mentors you probably didn’t know you had
  • Questions and answers from the audience
  • Boundaries in mentoring
  • Resources for mentoring

Great quotes from Laura:

The way we learn changes as we age.

It’s not easy to practice being known.

Mentoring is a relational practice in which there is intentional pursuit towards growth and transformation.

Listening is a peacemaking activity.

Resources we mentioned:

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