My Father, My Friend: Lessons on Life and Love

In a world that increasingly searches for moral wisdom, David Chadwick reflects on over five decades of love and learning from his dad. The wisdom gleaned from his dad is here passed down to future fathers and all people who long for principles by which to live and raise their children. Whether it's relationships, marriage, parenting, or simple counsel about everyday life, David captures his father's words as a legacy for the twenty-first century.

My Father, My Friend: Lessons on Life and Love offers a series of pithy quotes divided into five sections: marriage, parenting, relationships, personal counsel, and faith. David tells a story of growing up with his dad that illustrates the nature and character of any good father.

As we eagerly seek the generational truth that sustained our country through the Depression and World War II, David points us to his own hero as a pattern of practical courage. In a time when dads who didn't have dads are being called to raise their kids, this book offers help from the person David Chadwick considers the greatest man in the greatest generation, his Father.

David Chadwick received his B.A. in 1971 from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he played basketball under Coach Dean Smith. After playing three years in the European professional basketball leagues, he graduated in 1976 from the University of Florida with Master of Education and Specialist in Education degrees. Dr. Chadwick attended Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, where he received Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees in 1980. Since then, he has been pastor of the Forest Hill Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and he hosts a weekly radio program on WBT. He is the author of The 12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith. He and his wife Marilynn have three children, Bethany, David Banner, and Michael.