Abiding Fathers
Testimonies from Abiding Fathers Forums to encourage, equip, and engage men to be the dad God created them to be.
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Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Holt Lunsford: Intentional Life of a Father
Holt shares nuggets and tools he learned from his father about how to live an intentional life as a father.
Holt Lunsford is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Holt Lunsford Commercial (HLC), a commercial real estate service and investment company founded in 1993. HLC’s core lines of business include development, leasing, property management and investments in the office, industrial and multifamily sectors. They manage and lease an 83 million square foot portfolio of buildings in Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston for private and institutional owners, and have developed or acquired over 10 million square feet through their investment company, Frontier Equity.
In addition to his commercial real estate business, Holt is Founder and Chairman of Liberty Capital Bank, a Texas-based banking institution founded in 2007, and GFS Logistics, an integrated third-party logistics and fulfillment company.
Professional Affiliations
Holt is a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, teaching cases in the Harvard curriculum called “Holt Lunsford Commercial, Inc. and Shady Trail.”
Holt feels giving back of time and treasure to the community is vital and currently serves on the Board of the Baylor Health Care System Foundation and the Baylor University Medical Center. He also has served as Chairman of the Board of The Real Estate Council (TREC), a 1,200-member real estate trade organization based in Dallas, Texas, and The Board of Trustees for Abilene Christian University.
Holt is actively involved philanthropically through a family foundation organized to help the disadvantaged and underprivileged. Non-profits they support include Rio Bravo Ministries, RREACH, Dallas Leadership Foundation, Denison Forum for Truth and Culture, Dolphin Heights Neighborhood Association, ChristianWorks for Children, First Liberty Institute, EvanTell, and East West-Ministries International.
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Bodie Spangler: Our Constant Conversation
My dad left me his story that he wrote on my heart every day until the day he went to be with Jesus. In short, he told me and showed 4 things that every person (no matter how old they are or how young they are) desperately wants and needs to hear from their father:
I love you
I am pleased with you
I am for you
God has a plan for your life
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Trey Richards: Embracing Our Woundedness to Become a Better Father
Trey Richards is the proud father of a nine-year-old daughter, Savannah, and a 7-year old son, Caleb. They both attend the Covenant School of Dallas and are healthy and thriving. Trey is a proud Floridian, having grown up in Orlando, Fl. He moved to Dallas 20 years ago where he met his wife Catherine. They have been happily married for 17 years. They currently attend Northwest Bible Church. Trey lost his father at the age of 12 and had a series of step-fathers who demonstrated what not to be in a father, rather than emulating true and honorable fatherhood. These wounds have significantly shaped who he is, but also how he views the importance of being an active and engaged father in the lives of his children.
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Neil Tomba: The Listening Road
As a pastor in Dallas, Texas, Neil noticed a disturbing trend among people in his church—they were finding it increasingly difficult to speak about God to those outside of the church. In 2019 he decided to set an example for his congregation and set out to bike across the United States, speaking—and, more importantly, listening—to strangers from all walks of life about faith, their experiences, and matters of the soul.
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
Joseph Hildebrand: That #girldad Life
Joseph is the youngest of three boys that grew up in a household that revolved around sports and was certain he was destined to father the starting five of a basketball team full of boys. After receiving the blessing of a beautiful baby girl in 2014, 2017, and once more at the end of 2019, it was clear that Joseph would be living that girl dad life.