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On the fourth rung of the character ladder our hands land on the suffering rung. Our obedience to God does not promise us that our lives will get easier. God has much grander plans and much bigger purpose for how we love through our obedience. And if we are honest, that is what we really want as people with a sense of destiny.Support the show

We continue up the Character Ladder from the Ascent of a Leader (which you can view at www.trueface.org/ascentladders) on the rung of Obedience. What does it look like to be obedient when we aren't sure of the consequences? How do leaders encourage others to align with the truth and be obedient?Support the show

What is the difference between obedience and compliance? Why is obedience so necessary to our character? This week we continue in The Ascent of a Leader and the character ladder.To view the ladders, go to trueface.org/ascent-ladders.Support the show

This week we continue in The Ascent of a leader, discussing the second rung of vulnerability. How are vulnerability and transparency different? What does it mean to ask "How do I affect you?" and what does it mean to answer that honestly? Support the show

This week we continue discussing the Ascent of a Leader applied to church leaders. We look at 1 Peter 5:5-6 and discuss how church leaders can often hide their struggles in isolation until they get found out, but that Jesus gives us another option.Support the show

This week we have the senior pastor of Cerritos Baptist Church, Erik Kakimoto, join us as we talk about what it looks like to trust God and others with who you are while being a pastor, and what it's like to live that out with a team.Support the show

Why do we need relationships of trust in our lives? We continue in The Ascent of a Leader and discuss what relationships of trust look like, why we need them, and how to begin living in them. Check out the ladders we refer to at trueface.org/ascentladders.Support the show

We continue looking at the Ascent of a Leader, moving from the Environments of Grace rail to the Relationships of Trust rail. How do these two relate to each other? We discuss what relationships of trust look like and what they DON'T look like, and how this relates to the church.Support the show

This week we finish talking about what particles create an environment of grace, and specifically one that is often overlooked: fun. Sometimes we can get the feeling that if we're having fun it means we don't take our faith seriously enough, but we see many examples in scripture of Jesus enjoying and having fun with his friends. That probably means we should too!Support the show

Attempting to create environments of grace comes with a tricky predicament. The longer we live, the more we realize that we are a mess, and the more tempted we are to be embarrassed by it. So what do we really mean by the thought, grace is messy? Well we mean it is as real, frustrating, maddening, full of suffering. And, that it is still worlds better. Faces toward hope, into the breach fellow friends and travelers. Support the show