Walking In Faith Through Leadership Challenges: Ricky Dickson & Mark Tappan
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 4 July 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, we delve into the remarkable journey of Ricky Dickson, a man whose faith has guided him through a fulfilling career and the trials of leadership. Throughout his forty-three years with Blue Bell Creameries, the beloved ice cream maker, Ricky rose to become the president and CEO, navigating the company through both successful and challenging times.
Later in the episode, we’ll hear from Mark Tappan, a police officer whose life took an unexpected turn through his bond with a remarkable police dog named Mattis. Mark shares how his lifelong connection to dogs has taught him lessons in faith, loyalty, and unconditional love.
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Interview Quotes:
“My prayer growing up was, ‘God, wherever you want me, I want to not only be open and recognize your call, but also put within me the passion to do whatever that is and to be the best I can be at it.’” - Ricky Dickson
“My prayer was consistently like, ‘Please God, give me the strength and the wisdom to walk and to lead in the way you would want me to lead.’” - Ricky Dickson
“Faith seems easy until it gets hard.” - Ricky Dickson
“God was in control of it all. Even though I couldn't see the end.” - Mark Tappan
“Colossians 3:23 says, ‘Everything you do, do with all of your heart, as if working for the Lord, not for men.’ And when I looked at my dog, I saw that in everything he did and the work that he did as a police dog and the friendship that we had. He gave everything to it.” - Mark Tappan
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| 0:00.0 | With more than 40 million copies sold, the original classic edition of Jesus Calling |
| 0:04.0 | is your daily guide to living a more peaceful life. |
| 0:07.3 | Its price and size also make it the perfect gift for anyone who needs some encouragement. |
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| 0:14.0 | The peace of God that passes all understandings will just come over you in a way that |
| 0:22.2 | gives you the strength to face another day, to take another step, |
| 0:25.7 | to breathe another breath of air. |
| 0:28.0 | And from there, the next step, and when you look back, you know that he was there all the time. |
| 0:35.2 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. |
| 0:37.8 | In this week's episode, we delve into the remarkable journey of Ricky Dixon, |
| 0:42.2 | a man whose faith has guided him through a |
| 0:44.0 | fulfilling career and the trials of leadership. Throughout his 43 years with |
| 0:49.2 | Blue Bell Creameries, the beloved ice cream maker, Ricky rose to become the president and CEO, |
| 0:55.0 | navigating the company through both successful and challenging times. |
| 0:59.0 | Later in the episode, we'll hear from Mark Tappen, |
| 1:02.0 | a police officer whose life took an unexpected |
| 1:04.8 | turn through his bond with remarkable police dog named Mattis. |
| 1:09.4 | Mark shares how his lifelong connection to dogs have taught him lessons in faith, loyalty, and unconditional |
| 1:15.1 | love. |
| 1:16.1 | Let's begin with Ricky's story. |
| 1:19.4 | My name is Ricky Dixon, and I have just completed 43 plus years working for what I believe is the |
| 1:27.1 | greatest ice cream on the planet and that is Blue Bell ice cream. I retired as the president and CEO earlier this year and had an absolute |
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