It's About Much More Than Soccer with Aaron Blue, CEO of The Charis Project

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