What is Marriage Mentoring?
Why do the trades have apprenticeships and professions require intern-ships? Because personal attention from experienced practitioners helps learners master essential skills, techniques, attitudes, and knowledge. In every culture throughout human history, mentoring has been the primary means of passing on knowledge and skills. In the past, mentoring took place in the university where a student learned directly from the scholar. The Bible is certainly filled with examples of mentoring: Eli and Samuel, Elijah and Eli-sha, Moses and Joshua, Naomi and Ruth, Elizabeth and Mary, Barnabas and Paul, Paul and Timothy. And, of course, Jesus and the disciples is a supreme example of mentoring. Down through the centuries, young people have learned most through careful observation of those more experienced. Up until recently, mentoring was a way of life between the generations. But today, mentoring, for the most part, is in short supply. Mentoring was once assumed, expected, and therefore, almost u
