Advance Praise for

Becoming A Dad:

A Spiritual, Emotional and Practical Guide

By Stephen James & David Thomas

Relevant Books

Becoming a Dad is practical and promising, wise and witty. I think new parents need two copies. One for him to take everywhere and one for him to read to her just after he puts the children to bed, runs her bath and rubs her feet. She'll love the book. I promise.

Angela Thomas
Best-selling Author, Do You Think I'm Beautiful?

Becoming a Dad is just what I was looking for two years ago as I searched for a book to give my son, a soon to be first-time father. Unfortunately it hadn’t been written yet and I came home empty handed. I’m thankful it now exists! Refreshingly free of formulas, Becoming a Dad calls husbands and fathers to engage with their hearts, to put their whole selves in, and to travel the mysterious waters of family life with relationship as their highest goal. An important book with application to fathers of all ages and stages.

Andi Ashworth
Author, Real Love for Real Life: The Art and Work of Caring

A masterful, refreshing book that will inspire you to become a different kind of Dad.

Linda Brady, M.D.
Pediatrician

I have been waiting for a book that speaks specifically to men about fathering and all that it encompasses.  A book that would address the spiritual, emotional and practical implications.  I now have that resource at my disposal, and I will recommend this book again and again.

John VanHooydonk, M.D.

Assistant Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

This book will help so much you will end up giving a copy to every man you meet who is about to become a father.  This is a brilliant, well researched, wonderfully written guide to becoming a good father.

From the foreword by Dan B. Allender PhD

President, Mars Hill Graduate School

Author of To be Told and How Children Raise Parents

Excellent – A very important book for dads!  What insight!  There is true liberation in the knowledge that you will wound your child, just as you were wounded.

Larry Malone

Director, UM Menistries for

General Commission on United Methodist Men

Becoming a Father is an awesome and unique book for men who are preparing for fatherhood!  For years, many books have been available to help women prepare for motherhood. This book fills a huge void for men and profoundly equips them for fatherhood.  Writing with personal transparency and vulnerability, Steven and David ask and answer the key questions that every father (or father-to-be) encounters. Practical, encouraging, honest, solid, and useful!  Don¹t miss this important resource.

Jeff Helton

Congregational Care Pastor

Fellowship Bible Church

Brentwood, Tennessee

Within pages of reading this work, I was longing to raise my sons again. I urge very new father to bless their child by reading this book.

Chip Dodd, Ph.D.

Executive Director of the Center for Professional Excellence Author of The Voice of the Heart

If there was any remnant of the notion of a new father as a helpless bystander, Stephen and David have dispelled it for good. With insights both humorous and poignant, they've written a book that should be required reading for all dads. Though these writers are trained counselors and experienced fathers, they write as fellow sojourners who are just a little farther down the road with an intense desire to help others find the way. They're exceptional guides!

Al Andrews

Director, Porter's Call

Co-author of The Silence of Adam

Becoming A Dad does more than challenge men to be involved with their children.  It invites them to become fathers.  It moves beyond late-night feedings and bed-time stories to living as men who love their children with courage, hope, and tenderness.  Through stories, humor, and truth, these two fathers have provided a warm, well-lit path toward fatherhood.

Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff
Co-Authors of The Back Door to Your Teen’s Heart
Executive Director and Director of Child and Adolescent Counseling
Daystar Counseling Ministries

Stephen James and David Thomas give us a heart-warming and up close look at the privilege of fatherhood. Practical insights mixed with genuinely funny experiences make this book engaging and very helpful. Any dad or dad-to-be could pick this up and identify with the fears, exhaustion and joy that come with being a father. Take a look and be encouraged. You are on a wonderful journey that is an awesome responsibility. This book is help along the way.

Carter Crenshaw
Senior Pastor
West End Community Church
Nashville, TN