How I Lead with Compassion | An Interview with Kevin Asher
Leading Saints Podcast
Leading Saints
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Kevin Asher is the bishop of a young single adult ward in Far West, Missouri, and has previously served in an elders quorum presidency, Young Men presidency, as a ward mission leader, and as a counselor in a YSA bishopric. He holds a degree in Psychology from Menlo College, studied to be a Catholic priest in the Capuchin Franciscan Order, and has has traveled to numerous countries exploring culinary traditions and cultures. He and his wife own a business—The Asher Family Table—cultivating connection through food and experiences. Kevin won the Silos Baking Competition Holiday Cookie Episode in 2022.
Highlights
02:40 Introduction to Kevin, the YSA Bishop and chef 07:40 Getting called as a YSA bishop. He refers to himself as Jesus Christ’s nurse. Christ is the true physician. 13:30 The Savior is the perfect example of leadership. Being a servant leader. “To be a good leader is to be an even better servant.” 17:20 How do you offer servant leadership? Remember that it’s not about you, it’s about them. It’s their journey. 19:40 Kevin shares a personal story on helping someone come to Christ. Questions to ask yourself when trying to help someone:
- What key can I be for this individual?
- What is binding them up or constricting them? How can I be a key for them to unlock that lock to feel the Savior more?
24:00 Stop talking at people. Stop going in as a fixer. That’s not your job. What questions can we ask people to figure out where people are at? 27:20 Discovering God is at the root of all questions 28:20 Be careful with why questions because they invite the adversary. Ask questions with a sincere heart. 29:30 Compassion is sitting down with any person from any background and seeing them as a child of God. Even within our faith we all have different views and perspectives and we have to show compassion. 33:10 From Catholic to LDS Bishop. Kevin shares some of his spiritual journey.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever had a loved one leave the church and your relationship becomes awkward? This is so common and so sad. I got the chance to interview |
| 0:17.2 | the Packard family who have been down this road. Cindy and Blair Packard are |
| 0:21.4 | Orthodox believing parents and Josh, their son and his wife have left the church |
| 0:26.5 | We came together to discuss their journey and it was amazing what they taught they talked about the communications they regretted and how |
| 0:34.6 | other siblings responded in positive and negative ways. They learned how to pick up the pieces |
| 0:39.4 | again, express love, carry on, and build a beautiful relationship. |
| 0:44.3 | This has become a favorite in the questioning Saints virtual library. |
| 0:48.1 | You can actually gain access to this interview at leading Saints.org slash 14. |
| 0:53.0 | This will give you 14 days to watch the Packard's interview |
| 0:56.0 | and many others related to helping individuals |
| 0:58.0 | who begin to question their faith. |
| 1:00.0 | Go to leading Saints.org |
| 1:02.0 | slash 14 and get access now. Oh, So my name is Kurt Frankham and I am the founder and executive director of |
| 1:30.0 | Leading Saints and obviously the host of the Leading Saints podcast. |
| 1:33.9 | Now I started Leading Saints back in 2010. |
| 1:37.6 | It was just a hobby blog and it grew from there by the time 2014 came around we started the podcast and that's really |
| 1:44.8 | when it got some attraction and took off 2016 we became a 501c3 nonprofit |
| 1:51.2 | organization and we've been growing ever since and now I get the |
| 1:54.4 | opportunity of interviewing and talking with remarkable people all over the |
| 1:58.8 | world. Now this is a segment we do on the Leading Saints podcast called How I Lead. |
| 2:04.0 | And we reach out to everyday leaders. They're not experts, |
| 2:07.0 | gurus, authors, PhDs, they're just everyday leaders who've been asked to serve |
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