The more time I spend with kids the more I see how important mentorship is, especially in the lives of inner city kids. So many of the kids we work with grow up with only their moms, and their moms are often too exhausted or busy to spend the necessary time with them.So often when we teach kids the Word, they respond with..."But I learned on youtube...But I saw in this movie...I read in this magazine...I saw on tv...my friend said...this song says..." With no one to mentor them these kids deal with adult situations with kid like maturity. They don't have anyone to help them filter the information the receive. And with today's technology they receive information at an unprecedented rate.
The kids we have been able to mentor seem to be understanding God's Word more and begin ask questions about what they've been hearing, even some things they may have learned at church. I start to hear them ask, "Why is it wrong to have sex before marriage?" "How do you know God is really real?" "Why are there so many translations of the Bible?" and the list goes on. The questions are often insightful, and some have been debated for centuries.Many of these kids are signed up for Big Brothers and Big Sisters hungry for mentorship. I believe that we the Church should be the one to providing them with mentorship, we need to step up and fill that role. Will you join me?
