Mentoring as Leadership
One of the most influential voices in my life has been that of James Houston, the distinguished and now retired professor of spirituality at Regent College, Vancouver. His influence on so many of us is hard to calculate, mostly because of his way of being personally open and engaged but also because of the keen insight he has had on the issues of ministry and spirituality in our present era. He represents both a scholar’s mind and a pastor’s heart, qualities that I have come to embrace for my own life and ministry. I offer up the following review of his book The Mentored Life with the hope that you would begin to explore the writings of James Houston, not only because of the quality he offers in his writing but also as the best example of the mentoring he is so keen on promoting.
