In Unlocking the Power of Fatherhood, Gary D. Rogers takes us on a highly personal journey to find life's purpose as seen through the lens of his extraordinary father. His blueprint for embracing the positive essence of fatherhood is a powerful guide for men and women to achieve a successful life by confronting the realities of the human experience, recognizing the lessons of failure, and discovering the value in life's difficulties. There is a higher purpose for each of us, which naturally emerges from drawing on the best qualities we as human beings possess.
Unlocking the Power of Fatherhood is a call for all men to seek the full stature of authentic manhood, to take on the role of true fathers, and to positively impact the world around them. Challenging human experiences are seen not as negative, but rather as transformative events that provide the life skills to achieve our greatest accomplishments. This book serves as a guide to realizing that vision.
Every person is valuable. We all have essential contributions to offer mankind, and the responsibility to reach out with our best qualities to aid our fellow travelers along the road of life. In doing so, each of us will write our own unique and wonderful story.
Gary Rogers was born and grew to adulthood in small town on the Texas Gulf Coast . He was blessed to be raised by an extraordinary Father and loving Mother - and he thought it was all so normal. However, he would eventually learn that far too many were deprived of the childhood they deserve. As a young man he left College and went to live in the inner city of Brooklyn NY. There he came face to face with the ravages of poverty and the crime, drugs, and violence that poverty begets. He observed the damage that ensues when children are deprived of the love and protection of a father. After 45 years of marriage and the raising of 3 amazing children, he would become convinced that he had the responsibility to share what he had been given with those who were denied a healthy relationship with a father. It is that thought that was the genesis of his writing and speaking career. In his writings, he seeks to share his rich life experiences for the benefit of everyone. The blessing of family, the experiences of life, and the hard times he has walked through have all blended to forge a perspective which he shares with his readers. His is a perspective that views the difficult seasons of life as positive, transformative events. He has a passion to inspire authenticity in men, equip women and men with workable life skills, and enable a healthy culture of fatherhood. He is inspired to empower modern men to become respected, valued, and authentically masculine and to demonstrate how society will benefit when they do.
