5LQ Episode 338: Dhati Lewis
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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Dhati Lewis, lead pastor of Blueprint Church in Atlanta and vice president of Send Network at the North American Mission Board. During their conversation, they discuss the importance of emotional health and having an impact in local schools. BEST QUOTES “I'm listening to the stories as a missionary."

"That wall is a missiological issue that we aren't addressing."

"We can't even talk about tense issues because emotions get in the way and no one listens."

"If we are going to have healthy conversations we have to address our inability to even express ourselves."

"You can't be spiritually healthy without being emotionally healthy."

"We want to be known as a family of churches that are about planting healthy multiplying churches everywhere for everyone."

"A problem is not a real problem unless it's your problem."

"The way we define leadership is proactively meeting the needs of others or taking initiative for the benefit for others."

"How do we come with a heart posture of being an advocate?"

"This book was written in a way to tell you not how to think but how to engage the conversation."

"Don't overestimate what you can do in a year, but don't underestimate what you can do in five."

"We need to figure out the difference between how we make a living and how we live our life." RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network

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