Join Mike Wright as he sits down with men 65-years and older for a deeply personal conversation of a defining moment of their life. Each participant has prepared and written a specific story of a day or event that had lasting impact on life moving forward. Each conversation finishes with a speed round where they offer insights on topics men are navigating. The featured guests are pioneers offering hard-earned wisdom that will prepare men for the relational and life challenges.
Ordinary Men and the Moments That Made Them
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Join Mike Wright as he sits down with men 65-years and older for a deeply personal conversation of a defining moment of their life. Each participant has prepared and written a specific story of a day or event that had lasting impact on life moving forward. Each conversation finishes with a speed round where they offer insights on topics men are navigating. The featured guests are pioneers offering hard-earned wisdom that will prepare men for the relational and life challenges.
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September 25, 2024
05 | John's Moment
<p>John Blake is 78-years old and retired from a lifetime of careers including police and fire chaplain, church pastor, missionary, teacher, journalist and television producer. He and his wife Sandy live in Everett, Washington with their daughter and delight in their eight grandchildren. John will read the story when he and his wife were making a major life decision to move their young family overseas. They had come to transformative faith crossroad in their early forties and decided to align their lifestyle with their newfound values. When all doors seem closed and the future unclear John shares the unconventional moment when he made a bold step to do the next thing. The conversation concludes with a touching Speed Round where he will share his seasoned take on the topics of health, wealth, work, play, marriage, family and faith. </p> <p>Enjoy this meaningful conversation hosted by Mike Wright and his guest John Blake. If you enjoy this conversation or know someone who would benefit from this podcast please forward this along. </p> <p><a href="https://coachingthecrossroads.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c7fa44a5bc95ec100913c5f99&id=c4b84b57d0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Subscribe to the Coaching the Crossroads newsletter </a> to receive the latest and greatest articles, podcast news and other valued resources for men navigating the quarter and middle years of life! </p> <p>Would you or someone you know be interested in writing and sharing a defining moment of your life? I am looking for men 65-years of age and older for upcoming seasons of the Ordinary Men and the Moments That Made Them podcast. <a href="https://www.coachingthecrossroads.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Visit the website</a> and reach out. </p> <p>John has recently published a short novel of a fictional account of the woman Jesus met at the well from the gospel of John called “Photina of Samaria”. <a href="https://a.co/d/5clYA29" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The book is available for purchase on Amazon</a>.</p> <p><br></p>
September 18, 2024
04 | Larry's Moment
<p>Larry Mark is 66-years old and practices as a marriage and family psychotherapist in Bellevue, Washington. Larry is the firstborn of four siblings and third-generation of emigrants from China. He grew up in Seattle, started his family in Los Angeles before returning to the Seattle area to pursue his vocation as pastor, church starter and finally as a mental health therapist. He is married to his wife, Chris and has two adult children Kelly and Kyle. Larry reads the story of the night when his incessant focus on work reached a crisis with his wife. He will share his discovery that his early childhood experiences shaped his style of relating to his wife and work, and how he found a way to change it. The conversation concludes with the helpful Speed Round where he will share his seasoned take on the topics of health, wealth, work, play, marriage, family and faith. </p> <p>Enjoy this meaningful conversation hosted by Mike Wright and his guest Larry Mark. If you enjoy this conversation or know someone who would benefit from this podcast please forward this along. </p> <p>Subscribe to the Coaching the Crossroads newsletter to receive the latest and greatest articles, podcast news and other valued resources for men navigating the quarter and middle years of life! </p> <p><a href="https://coachingthecrossroads.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c7fa44a5bc95ec100913c5f99&id=c4b84b57d0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Subscribe to the Coaching the Crossroads newsletter </a>to receive the latest and greatest articles, podcast news and other valued resources for men navigating the quarter and middle years of life! </p> <p>Would you or someone you know be interested in writing and sharing a defining moment of your life? I am looking for men 65-years of age and older for upcoming seasons of the Ordinary Men and the Moments That Made Them podcast. Visit the website and reach out - <a href="https://www.coachingthecrossroads.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.coachingthecrossroads.com/</a>.</p> <p>For more information about Larry’s marriage and family practice visit his website at - <a href="https://www.larrymarkchristiancounseling.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.larrymarkchristiancounseling.com/</a></p> <p><br></p>
September 11, 2024
03 | Steve's Moment
<p>Steve Frank is 65-years old, a retired software engineer and poet. Coming to fatherhood in his forties Steve encountered the impactful event of the birth of his firstborn Jordan who was born prematurely and faced the life-altering challenge of cerebral palsy quadriplegia. Reading from a portion of his recently published book “My Journey from Death to Life through Poetry: How I found my feelings and resurrected my relationships” Steve will offer his discovery of the deeper feelings that brought life in a new way: From a man unfamiliar with feelings to the man who found life and authentic emotion through the journey of raising a son with a severe disability and two daughters. The conversation concludes with an inspiring Speed Round where he will share his hot take on the topics of health, wealth, work, play, marriage, family and faith. </p> <p>Enjoy this meaningful conversation hosted by Mike Wright and his guest Steve Frank. If you enjoy this conversation or know someone who would benefit from this podcast please forward this along. </p> <p><a href="https://coachingthecrossroads.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c7fa44a5bc95ec100913c5f99&id=c4b84b57d0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Subscribe to the Coaching the Crossroads newsletter</a> to receive the latest and greatest articles, podcast news and other valued resources for men navigating the quarter and middle years of life! </p> <p>Would you or someone you know be interested in writing and sharing a defining moment of your life? I am looking for men 65-years of age and older for upcoming seasons of the Ordinary Men and the Moments That Made Them podcast. Visit the website and reach out - <a href="https://www.coachingthecrossroads.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.coachingthecrossroads.com/</a>.</p> <p>If interested in purchasing Steve Frank’s book visit Amazon - <a href="https://a.co/d/c3exgY3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://a.co/d/c3exgY3</a></p> <p><br></p>
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