Programs aren’t bad. Many programs have benefited me throughout the years. For example, I was a Boy Scout for a short time as a kid. I liked the Scouts because it meant I could go on hikes and learn to do cool stuff like whittle a branch into a thinner branch. My favorite part was […]

MEASURING MASCULINITY THROUGH JESUS Gillette, a household name for men’s personal grooming products, has entered the masculinity debate by airing a commercial which unfortunately equates the word masculine with male chauvinism including aggressive and sexist behavior toward women. Further, the American Psychological Association in their guidelines for treating men and boys suggest that “traditional masculinity […]

Recently, I was sitting next to a guy at a meeting when an older gentleman came up to say hello to the man I was talking to. The older man joked about how old he was now, which was in his late 70s or 80s. Then he said something that really stood out to me. […]

I don’t know a single Christian parent that doesn’t harbor at least a little anxiety about the spiritual development of their children. Many of us have read the statistics over the last several years about how frequently kids drop out of church once they leave the home of their parents, and have wondered if there […]