My folks taught us godly principles modeled Christ in our home and told us we could be

anything we sought out to be. This third grade dropout, wisest man I ever met in my life? Sales the world multiple

times over. Learned portions of multiple foreign languages and perhaps the

greatest lesson you taught me during the worst days of my life was to stand.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast.

Our guests this week reflect on the influence fathers can have in our lives and the hope we can have even if our father wasn't there for us as we would have liked.

Best-selling author, Dr. Rick Rigsby, and Dad Tired Founder, Jared Lopes.

Dr. Rick Rigsby is a master communicator who inspires people the world over,

from Fortune 500 companies to professional sports teams and beyond.

In fact, one commencement address Dr Rigsby gave a few years ago went viral and has been viewed

online more than 300 million times.

Dr. Rigsby shares about the strong parents who shaped his character,

what it means to be a person of influence,

and the wisdom his father gave him all along the journey.

My name is Rick Rigsby.

And when I got to Texas A&M in the early 90s,

I had a chance meeting with a legendary football coach by the name of

RC Slocum and he hired me on the spot as a life skills coordinator literally a character coach of sorts.

And so along with those activities, I'm an ordained minister, I've been a pastor at a couple

churches, mostly in an associate role, and that's pretty much a thumbnail sketch.

I have four degrees. My brother is a presidential appointed judge.

We weren't the smartest ones in our family. It was a third grade dropout daddy and a country

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