From Prison Cells to Purpose, Leadership, and Lasting Impact
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Author, speaker, and pastor equipping people to break destructive cycles and step into purpose-filled leadership. Proving that your past doesn’t define you, and redemption can build leaders, restore families, and change futures.
Four Time Felon
Rick Scadden is an author, speaker, pastor, and founder of Hope Beyond Bars whose life is a powerful testament to transformation. Once labeled a four-time felon, Rick overcame poverty, fatherlessness, abuse, addiction, and prison to rebuild his life with purpose and conviction. Today, he serves as a pastor at Citipointe Church Northern Colorado, equips leaders, and speaks nationwide on resilience, faith, leadership, and personal responsibility.
Read My BookThrough his book Four Time Felon and the mission of Hope Beyond Bars, Rick is committed to helping people break destructive cycles, restore their families, and reclaim their future. His message is simple but hard-earned: your past does not define you—what you build next does.
What I do
Keynote Speaking & Preaching
Powerful, story-driven keynote presentations that challenge audiences to break labels, embrace responsibility, and transform adversity into purpose, leadership, and lasting personal impact.
Addiction Recovery Speaker
Raw, honest talks on overcoming addiction, destructive cycles, and rock-bottom moments—offering practical hope, accountability, and a proven path toward sustainable recovery and restoration.
Leadership Training & Coaching
Equipping leaders with resilience, character, and discipline through real-life experience—helping individuals and teams grow in influence, clarity, and purpose-driven leadership.
Personal Mentoring
One-on-one mentorship focused on mindset, accountability, faith, and practical life rebuilding—designed for men ready to break cycles and build stronger futures.
No one is beyond redemption, and no past has the authority to dictate your future.
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