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The Expeditionary Man: The Adventure a Man Wants, the Leader His Family Needs [Hardcover]

Rich Wagner (Author)
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May 13, 2008
Your career is compelling. Your ministry at church is God's calling. But do you realize how these outside activities capture your heart and steal your time and energy from your family? Adventure becomes what you want to do, while family is what you are supposed to do. Now author Rich Wagner offers a bold alternative. In this personal and revealing book, the author challenges Christian men to harness their career ambitions and limit their ministries while their children are at home. Wagner shows how the pull of business success and the call to church ministries are compelling--even seductive. But if you allow your heart to be captured by career and church, you put your kid's spiritual lives at risk. Far too many Christian children grow up with the vision of a loving Father in heaven, but live with the reality of an earthly father who seems more devoted to outside interests than he is to them. As a result, many children in Christian families today drift away from their faith as they become adults. Wagner reveals how accepting his challenge will not only result in spiritually healthy kids, but also give you the true adventure for which every Christian man yearns.


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"A fantastic challenge to give up the god of safety, sameness, and predictability to become the man God has created you to be. Enjoy the journey!"
- Steve Arterburn, Chairman of New Life Ministries, Bestselling author of Every Man's Battle

"Every dad needs to embrace Rich's message of discovering the adventure of being a Godly father."
- Carey Casey, CEO, National Center for Fathering

"The Expeditionary Man is an insightful and timely book. Men, especially married men with families, are in a quandary about how to achieve a life of adventure while trying to fulfill their obligations to their children and spouses. Rich Wagner, in a style that is personable and engaging, lucid and coherent, lays out a practical strategy for the greatest adventure a man could ever hope to capture in one life: through risking all for your family. From my own life's experience, his message rings true. It is a must-read book for all Christian men."
- Archibald D. Hart, PhD, FPPR
Senior Professor of Psychology and Dean Emeritus
Graduate School of Psychology

From the Back Cover

Your career is compelling. Your ministry at church is God’s calling. But do you realize how these outside activities capture your heart and steal your time and energy from your family? Adventure becomes what you want to do, while family is what you are supposed to do. Now author Rich Wagner offers a bold alternative. In this personal and revealing book, the author challenges Christian men to harness their career ambitions and limit their ministries while their children are at home. Wagner shows how the pull of business success and the call to church ministries are compelling–even seductive. But if you allow your heart to be captured by career and church, you put your kid’s spiritual lives at risk. Far too many Christian children grow up with the vision of a loving Father in heaven, but live with the reality of an earthly father who seems more devoted to outside interests than he is to them. As a result, many children in Christian families today drift away from their faith as they become adults. Wagner reveals how accepting his challenge will not only result in spiritually healthy kids, but also give you the true adventure for which every Christian man yearns. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Zondervan (May 13, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0310276608
  • ISBN-13: 978-0310276609
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,724,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have authored several books, focusing on two very different aspects of my life and professional focus. On the faith front, I am author of "The Expeditionary Man", "The Myth of Happiness", and several "For Dummies" books designed to make meaty truth easily approachable for postmodern readers. These books include "C.S. Lewis & Narnia For Dummies", "Christianity For Dummies", and "Christian Prayer For Dummies".

On the technology front, I have authored several web tech books as well, such as "Adobe AIR For Dummies", "XSLT For Dummies" and "Building Facebook Applications For Dummies".

I work as Senior Developer for Maark, a strategic and interactive B2B marketing firm in Boston. Previously, I was V.P. of Product Development at NetObjects, an Internet software company, as well as inventor/architect of NetObjects ScriptBuilder.

I graduated from Taylor University and pursued graduate studies at American University. Though a native Hoosier, I now live in Princeton, Massachusetts with my wife and three boys.

 

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful Insight for Men, June 4, 2008
This review is from: The Expeditionary Man: The Adventure a Man Wants, the Leader His Family Needs (Hardcover)
Though there are numerous manhood-type books on the market today, this book distinguishes itself from the rest in a few profound ways. Perhaps most striking is Wagner's dismissal of the pursuit of the "balanced life." He expertly reveals the flawed thinking and behavior that is the result of pursuing balance in work, family, and ministry. Additionally, he explains that while balance can sometimes be attained superficially, the heart isn't as easy to manipulate. Who wants pseudo-external balance with internal turmoil?

Wagner simply challenges men to redirect their focus from work/ministry-first to family-first. Leading and serving his family, Wagner explains, is where a man can truly find fulfillment and adventure in life.

As an avid reader, this book was also distinguishing as a result of Wagner's skill in writing. Pop culture and historical references are expertly interwoven into the text, and Wagner's honesty at his own personal shortcomings further adds to the power of this book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A hard teaching which we should prayerfully consider, June 4, 2008
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This review is from: The Expeditionary Man: The Adventure a Man Wants, the Leader His Family Needs (Hardcover)
"This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?" More than once this quote from the gospels crossed my mind while reading this book. In Expeditionary Man, Rich Wagner marries two seemingly opposing needs for men: the need for adventure and the desire to be a good provider and leader of a family. Part autobiography, part analogy, this book takes the reader on a journey through Rich's own struggles to define his own role as a husband and father in terms that would fulfill his need to climb his own personal mountains and make his own personal accomplishments.

I know first-hand how important Rich's family is to him. I was one of Rich's former employees when he was going the dotcom entrepreneur route. We spent many a late night perfecting software code that we hoped would be the next great product, to the detriment of our family lives. It is fascinating to learn how he has refused to accept the premise that we just need to have "balance" between two opposite ambitions, an approach that groups like Promise Keepers promote, and began to see his family life as the very adventure he was seeking.

Not everyone can go the route of working from home full time, and certainly not everyone has the means to homeschool their children. Rich made financial sacrifices and took risks, but along the way he learned some great lessons and seems to have found the path to his personal "summit".

In this book, by walking with Rich and reading entertaining movie analogies, stories from famous assaults on Everest, and his personal struggles, you can begin to see how it CAN be done. Easier said than done, of course, but if you accept the premise that a man's wife and children ARE his God-intended adventure, and are willing to commit to altering your perspective a bit, you may well be able to follow Rich to the summit.

This book is a fast-paced read, but one that you will probably want to read a second time as you digest what he's saying and decide how it may apply to your own life, and maybe ponder some course corrections in your own life.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Father's Faith, May 30, 2008
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This review is from: The Expeditionary Man: The Adventure a Man Wants, the Leader His Family Needs (Hardcover)
Rich Wagner has written an outstanding book, especially for young families with children in the home. His approach includes his own example of how a man must arrange his life so that the really important things come first. He takes us from the corporate world where a man's common sense prevails, to a faith centered family life in time for him to help his wife home school his sons. He brings his own eternal perspective to that classroom and his life. Rich recognizes that men are created with an adventurous spirit which has it's place but can get in the way as a Christian father sets his priorities. The book is well referenced to scripture and other writers, including C.S.Lewis and Oswald Chambers.
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