The Deep Need For Good Fathers- Interview with Rick Johnson | Ep. 23

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Marriage, Awesomemarriagepodcast, Marriagepodcast, Awesomemarriage, Marriageadvice, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianmarriage, Christianity

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast we have special guest Rick Johnson with Dr. Kim. Rick is a best selling author, speaker, and founder of Better Dads. Rick inspires people with life-changing insights for men and women on parenting, marriage, and personal growth.

Rick joins Dr. Kim today as they talk about the need for good fathers and how the huge amount of absent fathers is affecting our society today. They give practical advice on how to be a great Dad and how God calls men to lead their families.

Tune in below to learn more about the deep need for good fathers!

RESOURCES

You can purchase Rick’s book, 10 Things Great Dads Do here. Another great resource is his book, Overcoming Toxic Parenting.

You can read more about Rick and the incredible ministry he leads by checking out BetterDads. Be sure to check out his blog for more great insights on family and marriage. You can also follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and how to have the relationship that God has designed for you.
0:09.7	I am your co-host, Christina Dodson. On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberling and Nell Smith.
0:15.4	To engage with the awesome marriage podcast, use the hashtag awesome marriage.
0:21.3	Take a practical step towards building an awesome marriage today by signing up for Dr. Kim's
0:27.5	One Thing email. Sign up at awesomemarriage.com, backslash one thing.
0:33.7	Well, I welcome you to the Awesome Marriage podcast today.
0:36.3	We are honored to have Rick Johnson with us.
0:38.9	Rick, it is great to get to know you, and thank you so much for taking time to come on
0:42.6	the Awesome Marriage Podcast today.
0:44.7	Thank you, my pleasure.
0:46.2	Well, this month, we are focusing on parenting, and obviously fatherhood is a big part of that,
0:51.5	and you are the Better Dad's expert, and just talk a little bit about
0:56.5	that importance of having good fathers in our culture today.
1:02.0	Yeah, well, let me just clarify the term expert is used pretty loosely by my publisher.
1:07.7	I think if you define expert as someone who's made all the mistakes you could possibly
1:11.4	make in a small area, then yeah, maybe I'd qualify. But yeah, you know, I spend a lot of time
1:17.8	going around the country talking to men, hoping to inspire them and encourage them about how
1:22.8	important they really are and the fact that they matter. And they matter significantly.
1:27.8	And it's not a message that men hear, fathers hear very often.
1:31.4	But the truth of the matter is all we have to do to look at the power or the influence of something
1:36.4	is to look at what happens when it's absent.
1:38.7	So if we look at the lives of children, women and children, both when fathers and men are involved in their lives,
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