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How do you lead people who have the agency not to follow you? Dr. Jeff Thompson, inaugural director of BYU’s Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, joins Hank and John to explore Jeremiah’s 40 years of faithful service without success and what his story teaches us about letting go of control, trusting the Lord, and leading through our own unique gifts.

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00:00:00 Welcome

00:01:41 Meet Dr. Jeff Thompson

00:03:51 Jeff's background and bio

00:05:35 Jeff's lead role in a musical

00:09:24 Why Jeremiah is relatable

00:13:56 The Sorensen family's quiet influence

00:16:15 Jeremiah's tough times and tough assignment

00:20:05 Divine identity and unique gifts

00:23:27 Being yourself in the Church

00:28:00 Harmony is being different together

00:31:25 A student's hidden leadership gift

00:34:11 Being gentle with youth who don't fit in

00:38:04 Finding your calling: zookeepers

00:41:54 The Christ-Centered Leader Model

00:44:09 Love, agency, and accountability

00:47:29 Seeing the three principles in Jeremiah

00:49:42 Letting people learn from mistakes

00:52:04 Jeff's mohawk story

00:55:06 Learning through consequences

00:58:09 Leadership that keeps the door open

01:02:04 Love and accountability together

01:06:20 Leading with questions

01:09:17 Why we reach for control

01:13:18 Compliance versus conversion

01:15:38 Grace for parents

01:18:39 The potter and the clay

01:21:37 Growth mindset

01:23:04 A man who changed on death row

01:26:43 Jeremiah's raw honesty

01:29:09 Jeff's dramatic reading

01:33:29 Faith and pain together

01:35:46 Leadership measured by faithfulness

01:37:40 Jeff's story about his children

01:41:12 Giving the burden to the Savior

01:43:22 Hope for families in the middle of it

01:45:53 "Church is still in them"

01:48:54 Control is the opposite of faith

01:51:04 Jeremiah will be okay

01:52:29 Why Jeff returns to scripture

01:54:48 Where real power comes from

01:57:33 Closing thanks

01:59:22 End of Episode - Dr. Jeff Thompson

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Jesus opened his ministry by reading Isaiah, and the congregation tried to throw him off a cliff. Sharon Eubank, author of Doing Small Things with Great Love and a 29-year veteran of Church humanitarian work, joins Hank and John to explore Isaiah 61 and what it means to build a Zion heart by serving the people right in front of us, and by humbly letting others serve us.

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00:00 Welcome

04:51 Sharon Eubank’s bio

07:42 Dad, the weatherman

16:11 Beauty for ashes

19:11 Still being fulfilled

23:56 "I'm a minister now"

27:02 Loss and making heaven out of hell

31:50 Isaiah pleads for the poor

35:03 Can money heal society?

38:26 The Tadesse family in Ethiopia

41:48 Hope changes communities

44:33 Small things with great love

47:34 Fast offerings and Katrina

51:12 Self-reliance and Pathway

54:48 Where the money goes

57:25 What can I do right now?

60:44 C.S. Lewis and the people in front of us

63:11 "I'm going to fast for you"

68:11 The dark temple

71:04 “Arise and shine forth”

75:32 Airplanes and temple lights

78:51 Zion and the Nebraska hay

82:42 A gospel for everybody

86:43 What's working for you?

89:35 The humility to receive

93:04 For those in pain

97:12 Full circle to Nazareth

101:28 Closing

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If you feel farther from the Lord today than you did yesterday, guess who moved? Dr. Ezra Gwilliam explores Isaiah 50-57, from the suffering servant who was “attacked” by the sins of humankind to the Lord’s tender promise to gather every outcast.

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Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor

Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes

Will Stoughton: Video Editor

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Heather Barlow: Communications Director

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"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald

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