Humility: The Quiet Strength It Takes to Be a Man

Humility: The Quiet Strength It Takes to Be a Man

It takes humility to be a man. Not the fake kind that shuffles into a room apologizing for existing, but the real kind that takes a backbone to carry. Most men avoid it their whole lives because they have the definition wrong from the start. Humility Is Not Thinking...
What Is Your Purpose? Mine, in One Sentence

What Is Your Purpose? Mine, in One Sentence

A men’s group I belong to recently challenged me to write the purpose of my life in a single sentence. I thought I knew my purpose. But when I tried to actually say it out loud, I bumbled through a pile of disjointed words that did not add up to anything. That...
How NOT to Be a Typical Man

How NOT to Be a Typical Man

The T-Word: How NOT to Be a Typical Man The T-Word: How NOT to be a typical man   You’ve heard it before. The sarcastic-toned critique from someone who is sick of your $#!+. After some discovery of your failings–the trash you didn’t take out,...
10 Things Your Teen Needs This Summer

10 Things Your Teen Needs This Summer

Blog Summer brings such mixed feelings for people, it seems.  Kids are loving life without the rigors of schoolwork and parents are often stressed about the demands brought on by their children being unoccupied for 3 months.  Younger children just need to...