Are you intentional about keeping your marriage plugged into community? In this episode, Eric Wooten, co-founder of Altared Marriage, explains how community played a key role in saving his own marriage.

Eric is a dynamic speaker, author, and relationship expert who has been working with couples for more than a decade. He holds a Master’s of Marriage & Family Counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. He is the author of The Magnetic Marriage: 8 Characteristics of Irresistible Marriages. With his wife Jill, Eric runs Altared Marriage, which provides couples with a proven path to build thriving marriages. More resources are available on Eric’s YouTube channel RelationShots.

Most men today are disempowered. Lost and groping in the dark, they are driven by fear and insecurity. Isolation and loneliness have defined us as a generation, and the tragic result has been dysfunctional marriages, broken families, and a society with no mooring to truth. Addictions to pornography, alcohol, drugs, and gaming have enslaved men and stolen our confidence.

As a recovering pornography addict himself, Pastor Mike Hatch is well acquainted with feelings of disempowerment and hopelessness. Whether you are battling addiction, infidelity, or a crisis of purpose or identity, you will find his book, Manhood: Empowered by the Light of the Gospel, to be accessible, readable, and highly actionable, built for you to make progress quickly and intentionally.

In this episode, Mike reads the book’s introduction and first chapter.

Life is hard. As much as we want to live in hope, life’s difficulties often keep us stuck in place, while the world around us seems to fall apart. We want to move forward, but we just don’t know how.

But moving forward really isn’t that complicated. It is the process of putting one foot in front of the other, one day at a time. The alternative is relational, emotional, or spiritual death.

Guest Jeremy Stalnecker uses his own harrowing experiences of war to help us understand how to march when it would be easier to die.

Jeremy is the author of the book March or Die: Moving Forward When Your World Seems Out of Control and the co-founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation. Connect with him at JeremyStalnecker.com.

Life is hard. As much as we want to live in hope, life’s difficulties often keep us stuck in place, while the world around us seems to fall apart. We want to move forward, but we just don’t know how.

But moving forward really isn’t that complicated. It is the process of putting one foot in front of the other, one day at a time. The alternative is relational, emotional, or spiritual death.

Guest Jeremy Stalnecker uses his own harrowing experiences of war to help us understand how to march when it would be easier to die.

Jeremy is the author of the book March or Die: Moving Forward When Your World Seems Out of Control and the co-founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation. Connect with him at JeremyStalnecker.com.

In the second half of our interview with Stacey Gonzales, he talks more about how he made the switch to lead his wife and family better. Pay attention to how he describes his wife and the benefits that she gets from his stronger male leadership.

Stacey is a Christian counselor, men’s coach, real estate investor, podcaster (The Crowned Legacy Podcast), author, and course creator. But most importantly, he is a beloved son of God, husband, and father who has heard God call him to help take Christian men to the next level!

Stacey’s Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram

In the first half of our interview with Stacey Gonzales, he shares how discovering his true identity in Christ changed his understanding of what it means to be a man. He overcame alcoholism and stepped up to lead his wife and family well.

Stacey is a Christian counselor, men’s coach, real estate investor, podcaster (The Crowned Legacy Podcast), author, and course creator. But most importantly, he is a beloved son of God, husband, and father who has heard God call him to help take Christian men to the next level!

Stacey’s Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram

According to Ben Myers, dads are responsible for leading their families in worshiping their Heavenly Father. When dads realize that they are called and equipped to do this, their leadership will become more consistent and effective at raising obedient disciples of Jesus Christ.

Ben is the co-founder of ActorsBible, which offers a powerful app that fosters a love for the Word of God by enabling families and other groups to act out Bible stories in any setting. Ben explains how the app brings the stories in Scripture to life for all ages and how every dad can be the director with his own family.

Ben and his wife Felicita are passionate about raising up their six children in the Lord while encouraging dads and moms to do the same with their own children. Prior to creating ActorsBible, Ben and Felicita founded the ministry Inner-City Movement in Philadelphia to offer the gospel by way of arts. Inner-City Movement includes Theatre 7000, a repurposed theater with a world’s first 360˚ projection dome for immersive live theatre, with moving seats, wind, mist, bubbles, and flying actors. There they produce professional-level productions using ActorsBible, as an outreach to the Greater Philadelphia region.

ActorsBible: Facebook, Instagram

According to Ben Myers, dads are responsible for leading their families in worshiping their Heavenly Father. When dads realize that they are called and equipped to do this, their leadership will become more consistent and effective at raising obedient disciples of Jesus Christ.

Ben is the co-founder of ActorsBible, which offers a powerful app that fosters a love for the Word of God by enabling families and other groups to act out Bible stories in any setting. Ben explains how the app brings the stories in Scripture to life for all ages and how every dad can be the director with his own family.

Ben and his wife Felicita are passionate about raising up their six children in the Lord while encouraging dads and moms to do the same with their own children. Prior to creating ActorsBible, Ben and Felicita founded the ministry Inner-City Movement in Philadelphia to offer the gospel by way of arts. Inner-City Movement includes Theatre 7000, a repurposed theater with a world’s first 360˚ projection dome for immersive live theatre, with moving seats, wind, mist, bubbles, and flying actors. There they produce professional-level productions using ActorsBible, as an outreach to the Greater Philadelphia region.

ActorsBible: Facebook, Instagram

In the second half of our interview with Jason Wolfe, he continues to discuss how he escaped victimhood and embraced empowerment.

Jason is a serial entrepreneur who has created and grown numerous companies including GiftCards.com, PerfectGift.com, Gift Card Granny, GiftYa, Direct Response Technologies and MyCoupons.com. Jason enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family in Pittsburgh. He is passionate about helping others, especially children, and supports Voce (formerly Family Design Resources), a program that works with private and public agencies to support child welfare. He also supports the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation.

Jason recommends The Power of TED (The Empowerment Dynamic). Connect with him at jasonwolfe.com.

In the first half of our interview with Jason Wolfe, he shares his story of being an orphan, attending the Hershey school, and embracing God’s empowerment, which has enabled him to create and build several successful businesses and assist the marginalized.

Jason is a serial entrepreneur who has created and grown numerous companies including GiftCards.com, PerfectGift.com, Gift Card Granny, GiftYa, Direct Response Technologies and MyCoupons.com. Jason enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family in Pittsburgh. He is passionate about helping others, especially children, and supports Voce (formerly Family Design Resources), a program that works with private and public agencies to support child welfare. He also supports the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation.

Jason recommends The Power of TED (The Empowerment Dynamic). Connect with him at jasonwolfe.com.