The idea of having a spiritual mentor is something that most Christians would say that they want,

but the actual process of building this relationship can seem overwhelming and daunting to both

those who want mentors and those who want to do the mentoring. My guest today is Susan Hunt,

who spent decades working to nurture the practice of Christian

mentoring.

In this interview, she shares her personal experience of mentoring others and being mentored herself.

Susan Hunt is a mother, a grandmother, and the former director of women's ministries for

the Presbyterian Church in America.

Hunt has written over 20 books,

including Spiritual Mothering, the Titus 2 model for women mentoring women from Crossway.

Let's get started.

Well, Susan, thank you so much for joining me today on the Crossplay podcast.

Thank you for having me, ma'am.

So what's your first memory of reading the Bible with an older woman?

Good question. I think it would have been with my friend Georgia Settle, who was such a spiritual

mother to me when I didn't know I needed one.

I did not have the language to identify what she was.

But watching her and listening to her, seeing her love for the Lord and his word was such a

comfort and blessing to me.

And her influence still resonates in my life.

Yeah. Did you grow up in a Christian home? I did, but I'm 82 years old, and this was back in the days when the mainline churches had become very liberal. We always went to church,

but I never remember us reading the Bible at home. Later, my parents became committed Christians,

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