In Episode 55, Aaron Blue, CEO of The Charis Project in Thailand, talks with Phil about how he ended up working with people on the Thailand/Burma border, how soccer is an integral part of his ministry, why soccer is such a powerful cross-cultural tool, and how his soccer coaches in his early years impacted him for reasons you wouldn’t expect. Specifically, Aaron discusses:

• His story, how he developed his passion for leadership and ministry (1:53)
• How The Charis Project is using soccer to transform lives of the youth and others on the Thailand/Burma border (9:42)
• Why soccer is such a powerful tool for cross-cultural leadership development and ministry (27:06)
• The raw and vulnerable lesson he learned from his coaches in his early playing days, which have inspired him four decades later (32:45)
• His #1 Leadership book recommendation of all time (46:41)

Resources and Links from this Episode

• The Charis Project website
• Uncut Video of the Episode
• HSEL Facebook Group
• A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, by Edwin Friedman