Author: Rich Gorecki

My GodBuddies Book is Ready!

August 20, 2021 No Comments

A New Book about Better Friendships. I’m thrilled to announce that my new book, Get Out of Your Man Cave: The Crisis of Male Friendship and How to Turn Good Friends into GodBuddies is now complete and ready for purchase! The book explains why men today need better friendships. Written as part guidebook, part memoir, and part confession, I write about my own issues with work-life balance that led to joining a men’s group at my local church and developing a concept I call GodBuddies. The book explains why men tend to lose their friends as they move through adulthood and includes some practical steps and tools to develop closer, more authentic relationships that help men become better men. The need for closer friendships is especially timely with the increase in loneliness and isolation due to the pandemic and all the confusion about what it means to be a man

MANual Lessons from Mark

August 16, 2021 No Comments

The second book in chronological order in the New Testament is the Gospel of Mark. As you read in my posts with an Introduction to The Gospels and the MANual Lessons in Matthew, many scholars believe that Mark was the first Gospel written since Matthew and Luke both used it as one of their sources. The three Synoptic Gospels tell many of the same stories, often in the same words, and frequently follow the same order of events. But Mark is different since it begins with Jesus as an adult and with a different theme than Matthew and Luke. About Mark Early Christian authors, including Papias of Hierapolis (60-130 A.D.), Irenaeus of Lyons (130-200 A.D.), Clement of Alexandria (150-215 A.D.), Tertullian, Origen, and Jerome, all were unanimous in attributing this gospel to a “Mark” who was a close associate of the Apostle Peter. It’s generally agreed today that this person

The Truth Be Told About Our Lies

August 14, 2021 No Comments

In my experience, one of the biggest lies for men is that we’re supposed to “have it all together”. But when someone asks us how we’re doing, we just smile and tell them, “fine.” But are we? Throughout this pandemic, we’ve heard stories and stories about the struggles with mental health, whether it’s due to the need for our kids to be in schools or the athletes who are publicly naming their battle with the pressures of their fame. Well, it’s time to tell the truth. Everyone needs a small group of people with whom we can share our darkest secrets and be honest about our struggles. I call these GodBuddies; friends who are not judgmental and will support and encourage you when life feels like it is out of control. One of my GB’s recently shared this video below that I hope will encourage you today to not hide