In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Jon Tyson, Lead Pastor of Church of the City in New York and author of the new book The Burden Is Light. During their conversation, they discuss learning from church history, finding your calling in life, and setting aside time for deep thinking and vision planning.

BEST QUOTES

“If discipleship doesn’t show up in the work place, it doesn’t show up at all.”

“To help understand the calling on our life, we need to learn to be able to exegete and make sense of our own lives.”

“We must live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.” - Lesslie Newbigin

“I daily try and set aside time just to think and hear from God.”

“Today, when every thought is a tweet or a short snippet, deep thinking is greatly needed.”

“I have worked very hard to build an immune system in our family that can handle the sickness of our modern, fragmented culture.”

“Young leaders have to learn how to deal with criticism.”

“There is an importance of timing in leadership. I’ve often known the right thing to do, but I have done it too quickly or too slowly.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Burden is Light by Jon Tyson

iGen by Jean Twenge

5LQ Episode 74: Discerning Your Calling in Life

Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work by John Maxwell

7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Steven Covey

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