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Ben Dockery talks with the former CEO of Christianity Today, Harold Smith, about journalism, calling and his surprising path to lead CT. Harold is the new Interim President of Lakelight Institute and brings decades of leadership experience and wisdom to the task. This interview gives you a sense of his leadership journey from early days writing a column for an engineering firm to talking with Billy Graham about the vision for CT Global. Enjoy.

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Ben Dockery is the Executive Director at Lakelight. He previously served as Campus Pastor at Christ Church Lake Forest.

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