Fathering the Fatherless with Coach Bill Courtney (EP:784)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: white;"><strong> Coach <span class="il">Bill</span> <span class= "il">Courtney</span></strong> is a man of faith who understands the trauma that </span><span style= "font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: white;">rampant fatherlessness is causing in many of our inner cities.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: white;">Coach <span class="il">Courtney</span> didn't have relationship with his father, and that helped him relate to the fatherless football players he coached as a volunteer in Memphis’ inner-city (as seen in the Oscar-winning documentary- Undefeated).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: white;">Coach Courtney is the founder of An Army of Normal Folks, and the host of a podcast with the same name – where he serves, works with, talks about, and shares stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: white;">Coach has been married to his wife Lisa for over 30 years, and they have 4 children.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: white;">I invited to Coach on the show today chop it up with him, to talk about fatherlessness, what he’s learned as a coach coaching fatherless boys, his organization, and the work they do with young men. To find out more about Coach Courtney and his ministry, visit <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: