Spring 2018 BEC342-2 Mentor Blog

Jaelin Goldsmith

Paul Schaller

BEC 342

2/7/2018

Introduction: Trevor Horn

    My mentor is named Trevor Horn. I know him through my high school football team back home in Seattle. He is a about five years older than I am so we never got the chance to play together, but our teammates and coaches linked us together because we both had similar focus and passion about studying the bible and preaching. We first started meeting when I was a Junior in High school and he taught me how to work through scriptures and break down verses and find key topics and themes in passages so I could articulate them to an audience.

    At first, our meetings went well, and there was great dialog about becoming a pastor, and becoming a better man. However, after about three months of meeting throughout the summer, I started missing meetings because I was tired and sore from football. I thought this was a decent excuse for Trevor but he also was playing football in college at the time so he was not lenient with me. We stopped meeting until after the football season ended. Our first meeting back, I planned to apologize and ask for forgiveness, but apparently his alarm did not go off, and he slept through the meeting, or at least that's what he told me, I figured he was just getting me back for missing previous meetings.

Now, Trevor is married with two kids and Pastors his own church in Seattle called, “Kardia.” (Kardia is Greek for "The Heart.")

The best advice Trevor has given me is to be myself in all situations. Sometimes I could not apply this advice to my life because I was not a person that could be myself in every situation. I was immature, and fake toward people I did not think I needed. This piece of advice has reminded me to build toward becoming a man that can fit in any role that he sets out to be. Whether I set out to become a professional athlete, fashion designer, musician, or even a pastor, I should be ready to do whatever God has for me to do.  

Although, in the meanwhile, Trevor uses me to help him with different things around his church even while I’m in Chicago. Recently, I made the sermon titles, illustrations, and crafted a couple graphic ideas for his newest sermon series. As I help Trevor and his church agenda I realize how everyone needs help in their business. Each person has a part to play, and the work gets done, because someone is disciplined enough to do it.

As I continue to have conversations with Trevor I hope I will be able to pick up on organizing people toward one common goal for God’s glory.