Today on episode 7 of the Listening in Place Project, Cassie Carroll (, 鈥�16) talks with Gideon Tsang of and in east Austin about beginnings, listening, rest, and self-awareness.
Gideon on starting a church: I always felt like they were holding us back. But, in hindsight, I think I really needed that time. I think God was giving me time to learn how to be a pastor. […] It was a really gracious time 鈥� I didn鈥檛 know how to receive it.
Gideon on listening: What really happens is you live life together and then along the way the voice of the community finds you. Rather than you saying 鈥榯his is what the voice will be.鈥�
Cassie on listening to our bodies and souls: What I鈥檓 hearing is that your own identity 鈥� your self-awareness, your self-care 鈥� impacts the way you lead.
Gideon on burnout: Maybe we aren鈥檛 supposed to prevent it. When you come to the end of yourself 鈥� no one would choose it, but once you get there it鈥檚 an invitation. I think that鈥檚 how grace works. You have to exhaust your ego. Then, it鈥檚 an invitation to the interior journey.
Gideon on who Vox is becoming: We are who we are because of whoever is in our community. I鈥檓 not trying to shape who comes. I鈥檓 trying to invite all of us to find God鈥檚 vision for our lives.
About Gideon Tsang
Gideon Tsang is a pastor with in east Austin, Texas which pioneered ,听a unique non-profit collaborative space which serves as a neighborhood gathering point hosting art shows, concerts, slam poetry events, computer classes, and dance classes, while partnering with neighborhood associations and varying organizations. Space 12 weaves links globally with partnerships in Afghanistan and India, a book exchange program for inmates, and an anti-trafficking network. The city is taking notice, too: Space12 was voted 鈥淏est New Collaborative Art and Volunteer Space鈥� in the Austin Chronicle. Gideon鈥檚 wife Karen is a graphic designer and their house is filled with beautiful chaos via their two boys, Joshua (14) and Noah (9) and their two pups Trixie and Mochi.
About Listening in Place
After graduating with a Master of Divinity from 天美视频 in 2016, Cassie launched , a venture in which she is collecting stories from pastors and practitioners throughout the United States who are practicing new, innovative, and compelling visions of what it means to be the church. And for more from Cassie, check out the presentation of her Integrative Project, Show Notes
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