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Faith Worth Catching Holidays

Faith Worth Catching

This is a BUSY time of year. There are the year-end deadlines and reports to wrap up. Fun stuff. And then there is the holiday busy-ness – office parties, cards to get out, tree and house decorating, travel plans and gatherings with relatives. Is there…
Rick Wertz
December 12, 2024
Lead through Advent Holidays

Lead through Advent

There is hope. As the 24/7 news cycle produces what seems to be a never-ending litany of bad news, a Christian dad is to reflect what it means to be hope-filled. While he cannot ignore the media, he can maintain a healthy perspective by keeping…
Rick Wertz
December 5, 2024
Thankful for TIME Family

Thankful for TIME

Kids spell love T - I – M - E. That is time with you, dad. Our son and daughter-in-law just had their second child, a little girl. I dutifully handed the veteran dad his second jar of 936 marbles when they brought the newborn…
Rick Wertz
November 28, 2024
Be Free Spiritual Growth

Be Free

I was blessed to attend the National Coalition of Ministries to Men National Conference this past weekend. Of the ministries represented, I was impressed with the number of organizations focused on pornography – how it is destroying marriages and distorting what healthy relationship looks like…
Rick Wertz
November 21, 2024
Rebuke Isolation PrayerSpiritual Growth

Rebuke Isolation

In a small group discussion, five dads were talking about how hard it is to be real and vulnerable as men. One man confided that when he succumbed to temptation, he would retreat to his ‘cave’, isolating himself from others. Another dad confessed he was…
Rick Wertz
October 31, 2024
Grieving Well Family

Grieving Well

One man shared how being with his mother, holding her hand as she passed from this life to the next, turned his heart anew to the Heavenly Father as he grieved his loss. His emotional testimony charged another man in the group to clear his…
Rick Wertz
October 24, 2024
Margin Spiritual Growth

Margin

In business, every manager or company owner is intimately concerned about the financial margin at the end of the month, quarter and year. Margin is the net income after all expenses that allows for future business development. Without margin, the company may survive for a…
Rick Wertz
October 17, 2024
Hope-Filled Spiritual Growth

Hope-Filled

Is it hope you are filled with as we enter the last month of another election cycle? The noise level is high and even the most discerning mind can tire and give way to frustration. It has been said that there are lies, damn lies,…
Rick Wertz
October 10, 2024
Remember Spiritual Growth

Remember

For those that cannot remember a time without smart phones and calendar apps, we use to have the ‘My-Time Success Planner’. It was a mini-notebook that provided monthly calendars and pages for planning each day. It was great for managing time, recording meeting notes and…
Rick Wertz
October 3, 2024
Follow to Lead LeadershipSeasons of Fathering

Follow to Lead

In the military, a soldier progresses through the ranks as a function of rigorous training, testing and battlefield experience. An officer of a higher rank commands respect from those of a lower rank and a battalion will follow its leader through harm’s way. Well trained…
Rick Wertz
September 26, 2024
Discipling Dad Life BalanceSpiritual Growth

Discipling Dad

What do you worship? “Worship sex and it will corrode your ability to love or be loved. Worship alcohol and it will ensnare you. Worship money and it will consume you. Worship your family and you (or they) will collapse under the burden of unfulfilled…
Rick Wertz
September 19, 2024
Balance NOT Back to SchoolFamilyLife Balance

Balance NOT

As young families transition to their back-to-school routine, I have had a number of dads say it is harder than ever to establish a good life-balance. “It is absolutely insane with all the kids’ activities and my wife and I working full-time. We have not…
Rick Wertz
September 12, 2024
Favorite Book LeadershipSpiritual Growth

Favorite Book

What book or books can you point to as having significant impact on your life? Is it a book read early on in your education or one read as you sought greater success in the market place or on the career ladder? Who recommended the…
Rick Wertz
September 5, 2024
Fatherhood FamilySeasons of Fathering

Fatherhood

Were you in the room when your first child was born? For many, myself included, that became a moment of emotional and spiritual awakening to the significance of the role of a father. One moment my heart burst with pride and the next it ached…
Rick Wertz
August 22, 2024
Manhood LeadershipSpiritual Growth

Manhood

When did you become a man? Was there a particular time or event at which you recognized that you had indeed moved from boyhood to manhood? Maybe it was graduation from high school or bootcamp; getting your license or getting married. Or are you one…
Rick Wertz
August 15, 2024
Subdue the Pests Leadership

Subdue the Pests

As the man of the house, it is my job to ensure that ants, roaches and spiders stay outside. This requires periodic treatment of a concentrate around the foundation of the house and the window sills. In our area, depending on rain, treatment every six…
Rick Wertz
August 8, 2024