Empowered By the Spirit - A Leader's Journey from Fear to Holy Boldness!
In this episode, Deacon Steve Greco interviews Hugh Blane, a convert to the Catholic faith who lives in the Seattle suburbs and is active in a variety of ministries. Among his involvements, he is active in Legatus, a Catholic CEO's organization, and helps others experience the benefits if Ignatian spirituality.
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Transcript
announcement: 0:42
Welcome to this week's edition of empowered by the Spirit hosted by Deacon Steve Greco of spirit filled hearts ministry for the next hour showing Deacon Steve and his guests as they share their testimonies, love of their Catholic faith and the importance of the Holy Spirit's in all our lives. Now, here's Deacon Steve.
Deacon Steve: 1:04
Hello, everyone. This is Deacon Steve Greco. Hi, atop the tower of hope, in beautiful Christ cathedral and Wow, am I excited, I am so incredibly excited to have someone who the Lord has put in my life who is filled with the Holy Spirit. And this is Hugh Blaine, advisor, speaker, author, and President of Clarus consulting, welcome to empowered by the Spirit here.
Hugh Blane: 1:31
I am so delighted to be here, say thank you. Well, he
Deacon Steve: 1:34
was also the current president of the goddess in Seattle little goddess chapter, which le goddess essentially means ambassador. And there are people to really to defend the faith and to be an ambassador for Jesus. And, and that's a big part of what we're called to do. When you say you.
Hugh: 1:54
Absolutely, if you if you actually go to the Catechism, we're called to be saints, to be printed. And we're called to be ambassadors, that the way I liken it is, if we have experienced this extravagant love of Christ, then we are responsible for sharing that with as many people as possible. And as business owners and leaders, we are in a particular geographical area, Seattle, where only about 8% of the population are Christians and are comfortable even talking about that. So for the business community here in Seattle, we need a refuge, we need an army hospital, so to speak, where we can bring people in, nourish them with the word, encourage them about how to live their life, from a Catholic Christian perspective, and to have fellowship and so that that's what we do with the goddess up here.
Deacon Steve: 2:48
My brothers and sisters, we're so blessed to have you Blaine as a true evangelist, president of Clarus consulting and author and speaker and motivator. And we're talking about a leaders journey from fear to holy boldness. Tell us about your journey. Tell us about how you came to really know the Lord, You are cradle Catholic?
Hugh Blane: 3:09
Yeah, so that's a really interesting question. And this one, Steve, where I say, the message really is in the mess. And I'm going to go back. So where I learned and where fear became hardwired, for me, was at six years old. And my father had was an entrepreneur, he had a business reversal. And I remember the day that I was upstairs playing in my bedroom, and I was playing with like a GI, Joe doll. And I literally heard my mother scream the word no, three times. And as a six year old, I didn't know what was going on. So I kind of ran downstairs, and I saw my mother in the door jamb with both hands on the door. And there were three men standing outside, and I'm looking what's going on. And they
