Summary: In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Craig Groeschel, author of Hope in the Dark: Believing God is Good When Life is Not. During their conversation, they discuss helping leaders when they go through hard places.<br> <br> * How do I believe God is good when life is not good?<br> * What do you do when you can’t seem to find God?<br> * What’s the connection between faith and hope, and how are they different?<br> * Share about how walking through darkness and hard times can bring glory to God.<br> * What would you like to say to leaders in their throes of leadership in light of those book?<br> <br> BEST QUOTES<br> “The key to me, both as a leader and just as a person as a follower of Christ is in the name of Habbakuk. It means both to wrestle and to embrace.”<br> <br> “It’s OK to have spiritual doubts, but at the same time hang on to God.”<br> <br> “God is a sovereign God. If I am still in this role, it’s because He wants me to be in this role.”<br> <br> “God does more spiritually in the valley than he does on the mountaintop.”<br> <br> “The words I’d written to someone else ministered to me.”<br> <br> “Instead of trying to create success or do something important, what I want to do is be faithful today.”<br> <br> “Those times when things aren’t going well, I try to do as a leader what I know is right.”<br> <br> “As we lead more complicated organizations, we have to be more sophisticated in our understanding that there are different teams, there are different stages.”<br> <br> “The longer we lead organizations, the more we default to reacting, because there is so much to react to.”<br> <br> “Our intimacy with God is not in what He gives us, or withholds from us, it’s just based on who He is.”<br> <br> “God does bless us, and we do suffer.”<br> <br> “I get better as a leader through the hard times, not the good times.”<br> <br> “Doubts can be a real part of faith.”<br> <br> “Leaders are always leading with a limp.”<br> <br> “If you’re not hurting, you’re not leading.”<br> <br> “We are always making decisions about things that people won’t understand.”<br> <br> “Sometimes the difference between where you are and where God wants you to be is the pain that you are unwilling to step into.”<br> RECOMMENDED RESOURCES<br> <a href="http://feeds.gimletmedia.com/hearstartup">Start Up Podcast</a><br> <br> <a href="https://newchurches.com/podcasts/">New Churches Podcast</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.life.church/leadershippodcast/">Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/streams-in-the-desert-P001063514">Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/the-problem-of-pain-P001062885">The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis </a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/hope-in-the-dark-P006194140">Hope in the Dark by Craig Groeschel</a>
