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December 2016

December 14, 2016

A Grandpa’s Christmas Prayer for his Grandsons

Dear Phoenix (age 6), Judah (almost 6), and Decker (age 3), Following Jesus has...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

It’s Been 50 Years Since a Boy Has Been Raised in the White House: Has It Changed the Nation?

When was the last time a little boy was living in and running around...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

Boys and Girls Learn Differently–A Podcast with Dr. Michael Gurian

Dr. Michael Gurian is the New York Times Best-Selling Author behind books like The Wonder of...

March 2016

March 23, 2016

Why Don’t Boys Make the List of Presidential Campaign Issues?

Immigration…equal pay for equal work…gun control…Wall Street…taxes…the Military…gender equality…terrorism…the national debt…the Middle Class…the top 1...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

The Danger of Raising Soft-Minded Men

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Could Dad be the Key to Healing Our Country?

Near the end of his book, Do Fathers Matter? What Science is Telling Us About...

June 05, 2015

Boys and Girls Emote Differently–Can’t We Be OK With That?

Man-up! Take it like a man! Shake it off! Most boys hear those words and...

May 2015

May 08, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids—Part 4: Reason #3 is…

If Jesus matters to us, then what matters to Jesus will matter to us. If...

May 01, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 3: Reason #2 is…

In my first two posts on this issue I have argued that the Church matters…and...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 2: Reason #1 is…

As I cited in my first post on this subject, church attendance among Christians has...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

The New Gender Gap?

The headline for the March, 16, 2015 edition of the Arizona Republic trumpeted these words: Closing...

March 10, 2015

A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in his kids–Part 4: Dad–You Have a Particular Set of Skills

(Many great books have been written recently about how to be more intentional in forging...

October 2014

October 15, 2014

The New Utopia: A Genderless Society?

The Lincoln Public School system recently trained its teachers to create a gender-neutral, or gender-inclusive,...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

The Myth of Male Privilege?

A friend sent me a link to a blog post, written by a mom about...

September 24, 2014

Beer, the NFL, and Domestic Violence

OK...I'll dive in and take the heat: Does anyone else find it a bit disingenuous...

September 09, 2014

The Imperative for Brain-Washing our Kids

I’ve been a pastor for over 30 years. For the last 9 years a part...

August 2014

August 05, 2014

Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church

About 40 years ago a profound shift took place in many Christian congregations across the...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

It Takes a Man to Raise a Boy Into a Man

In the twenty-first century, the overwhelming majority of boys are being mentored primarily by women:...

July 11, 2014

The Hole in a Man’s Soul–The Father Wound

If you dig deep enough into the soul of a man who for some reason...

July 01, 2014

Real Boys Don’t “Fall in Love” with Jesus

Imagine dropping your son off at football practice and as he’s walking toward the field...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

The Tyranny of Boy-Blindess: The Fog of Gender Wars

The Fog of War: The unavoidable aspect of war wherein the intelligence gathered is always...

June 19, 2014

The Decade of the Boy (Guest Post by Michael Gurian)

For the last several months a group of writers has been focusing on the issues...

May 2014

May 24, 2014

Boy is Beautiful (Guest Post by Mark Sherman)

For the last several months a group of writers has been focusing on the issues...

May 09, 2014

If We Want our Kids to Grow Up…Perhaps We Need to Grow Up!

I was at my granddaughter’s soccer game last week. (She’s going to be 5 this...

May 08, 2014

Hugs and Slugs–If Boys Could Speak (Guest Post by Janet Allison)

For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...

May 08, 2014

The Key to Building a High Impact Men’s Ministry

If you’ve worked in men’s ministry, or if you know anything about men’s ministry in...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Tommy Heads to Preschool–And Why That May Not Be a Good Thing!

Excerpted from my book, Searching for Tom Sawyer: How Parents and Congregations Can Stop the...

April 24, 2014

Dad: Coach, Cheerleader, and Companion. (Guest Post by Dave Brown)

For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...

April 10, 2014

A Man in the Making: The Heart of Masculinity (Guest Post by Rick Johnson)

For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...

April 01, 2014

The 6 Secrets to Your Son’s Success in School (Guest Post by Dr. Ed Dixon)

For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...