Bishop Phillip H. Porter is a Minister of The Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is a Most Distinguished Graduate of Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He also holds a Bachelor of Theology from College of the Rockies in Denver, Colorado and a Master’s Certificate in Human Resources and Development from Denver University. He has matriculated at Iliff School Theology and Denver Seminary and C. H. Mason Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. Bishop Porter served as Chairman of the Board of Promise Keepers from 1994 through 2000 and is presently serving as Chairman-Emeritus. Along with his wife of 49+ years, they founded the, "Love, Life, and Marriage Seminars" and currently empower marriages around the world. They are the parents of eight adult children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. He and Lee reside in Denver, Colorado.

Bob Vickers was born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma. His father, Bill Vickers, Sr. attended Phillips University with Bishop Porter in 1956 and were friends at that time (before Bob’s birth). Robert J. "Bob" Vickers and his wife Connie live in Warrensburg, MO with a merged family that includes children: Matt, Doug, Audrey, Allison, and Benjamin and grandchildren, Lexi and Ethan. Bob is a writer, nonprofit executive, philanthropist, and entrepreneur of a variety of ministries. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion (youth ministry) and Business from Oklahoma Baptist University, a Master’s Degree in Sociology from the University of Oklahoma, is ABD with a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Missouri, and is pursuing a D.Phil. from Oxford Graduate School. He has been a writer/ghostwriter for 25 years and has been teaching this process in the United States and for 63 other countries for 17 years.

From Bishop Porter: To the lovely girl who said yes to my quivering, frightened inquiry some 50 years ago, Edgarlee (Moye) Porter. Thank you, Lee, for the most wonderful years of my life.

From Bob Vickers: 1. To my beautiful wife, Connie. I love you and thank you for loving me. Thank you for not punitively interacting with me when I fail. Thank you for not requiring perfection of me before I can help others with the relationship issues in their lives.

2. To other women in my life: Allison, Audrey, Lisa, Lisa, Lexi, and Amy–Don’t accept less than The Love that God has for you shown by a man that practices many of these ideas and suggestions in honoring and loving you.

3. To other men in my life: Ben, Matt, Doug, Ethan, Bradley, and Christopher–I’ve tried hard to model these for you with your mother/grandmother/aunt and I pray that some of my actions will positively influence you with your wife/future wife. Seek integrity–NOT perfection.

4. To Bishop Porter, my friend and collaborative partner. I have grown to love your sweet, tender heart. Thanks for calling me that day many years ago and asking me to be your friend and telling me the stories of you and my dad. I will never forget you, your love for me, your grace, and for being the man of God that you are. I love you. You are one of my heroes.

5. Finally to my earthly father, Bill Floyd Vickers, Sr. from whom I learned so much. You are such a part of my core behavior, thoughts, and life–I never realized it NOR ever told you. I’m very sorry for not doing so. I love you, Dad. I miss you more than I could say.

From Bishop Porter: To my comrade Robert J. Vickers whose overflowing love for others has created a most worthy laboratory for many of these ideas and suggestions. And to the millions of men who ask the question, "what can a man do to please a woman?" We say to you, "Men, take this book and start here! Men start here."

From Bob Vickers: Many people have invested in and shaped my life over the years. Most of the influence as been pain and tragedy brought on by poor choices and life circumstances and yet, God has made sense of it all. There is no way I could name all of the people who have been there to extend a hand or a hug, brush me off, and build me up again. There aren’t enough words in my vocabulary to say an adequate thank you. To Bishop Porter, Larry Martin, Bob Winford, Bill Vickers, Rich Walters, J.B. Collingsworth, Ken Canfield, and many others, thank you. I thank you for influencing and enhancing my life and greatly forming who I am as a man, husband, father, friend, and servant to the servants. I name others in my list of "Life-Influencing Heroes" in the back of this book. Finally, to the men who truly want help being a better father, start with your wife. To the men who want to be a better servant, start with your wife. To the men who want to be a better employee and work and salesman on the road, start with your wife. To the men who want to develop a better marriage, start with yourself–then, love and honor your wife. Don’t know where to start, Men start here.