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Family, Parenting and Religion

2014-08-17T15:43:04+00:00

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Are Children’s/Youth Ministries the New Leper Colonies?

Last updated on: August 17, 2014 at 3:43 pm By Tim Wright

The little children were being brought to Jesus in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them…(Matthew 20:13) The disciples had a knack for protecting Jesus from those they considered unimportant. They wanted to send away the 5000 to feed themselves. They wanted to send away the Canaanite woman who wanted the scraps from Jesus’ table. And, they wanted to send away the children. Because Jesus was simply... Read more

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Tim Wright

2014-08-05T15:27:47+00:00

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Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church

Last updated on: August 5, 2014 at 3:27 pm By Tim Wright

About 40 years ago a profound shift took place in many Christian congregations across the country…for all the right reasons…with one troubling unintended consequence: In the 1960’s and 1970’s, my generation, Baby Boomers, rebelled against the “institutional church” just as we did with every other institution our parents built/supported. We rebelled by dropping out: 2/3rds of my generation dropped out of church. In the late 1970’s/early 1980’s, innovative pastors and congregations of all sizes and denominations looked for ways to... Read more

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Sunday School

Tim Wright

2014-07-31T12:47:14+00:00

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It Takes a Man to Raise a Boy Into a Man

Last updated on: July 31, 2014 at 12:47 pm By Tim Wright

In the twenty-first century, the overwhelming majority of boys are being mentored primarily by women: moms and grandmas, female preschool teachers, female elementary teachers, female Sunday school teachers, and, more often than not, educational TV shows skewed to girls. A few fortunate boys have a dad, uncle, or grandpa to pour male energy into the boy. For far too many boys, however, Dad no longer lives at home, is disengaged even though he does live at home, or feels inadequate... Read more

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Tom Sawyer

2014-07-11T11:01:56+00:00

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

Last updated on: July 11, 2014 at 11:01 am By Tim Wright

If you dig deep enough into the soul of a man who for some reason seems a bit lost in life, or maybe real lost, you’ll usually find a man who never received affirmation from his father. In groups, I often ask men, by a show of hands, how many never received a blessing from Dad. More often than not, the overwhelming majority of men raise their hands. In a session on manhood I was leading, a group of four... Read more

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Tim Wright

2014-07-01T16:18:06+00:00

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

Last updated on: July 1, 2014 at 4:18 pm By Tim Wright

Imagine dropping your son off at football practice and as he’s walking toward the field you yell out: Son, one of my hopes for you this season is that you fall in love with your coach! Or imagine saying to your son: Son, my greatest desire, as your dad/mom, is that you fall in love with me. Creepy! Ick! Yuck! Yet that’s precisely what much of Christianity says today to boys (and to girls) about Jesus. I’m reading an absolutely... Read more

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Tim Wright

2014-06-25T14:47:01+00:00

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

Last updated on: June 25, 2014 at 2:47 pm By Tim Wright

The Fog of War: The unavoidable aspect of war wherein the intelligence gathered is always incomplete to a degree, thereby making any decisions concerning said war a bit… foggy. (Urban Dictionary) Our boys are in crisis: 70% of all D’s and F’s are given to boys 85% of stimulant addressing meds prescribed in the world are prescribed to US boys The reading skills of the average 17 year old boy have declined over the last 20 years Boys are falling... Read more

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White House Council on Women and Girls

2014-06-19T01:35:21+00:00

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

Last updated on: June 19, 2014 at 1:35 am By Tim Wright

For the last several months a group of writers has been focusing on the issues of boys and men by collaborating through the writing and sharing of blog posts in order to bring greater awareness to the unique challenges boys and men face in the 21st Century. Twice a month these writers are posting the same posts on their various media formats to spread the word and to introduce their audiences to the great work of their peers. Today is... Read more

My Brother's Keeper Initiative

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White House Council on Boys and Men

2014-05-28T16:41:07+00:00

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For the Sake of our Children: Redefining the Legacy of Success

Last updated on: May 28, 2014 at 4:41 pm By Tim Wright

I wrote this for the Huffington Post last year at the request of Arianna Huffington in reply to an email I sent her responding to a new discussion she is holding on how to redefine success for women. Make sense? 🙂 The current definition of success, in which we drive ourselves into the ground, if not the grave, and in which working to the point of exhaustion and burnout is considered a badge of honor, was created by men. It’s a model... Read more

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Tim Wright

2014-05-24T12:40:14+00:00

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Boy is Beautiful (Guest Post by Mark Sherman)

Last updated on: May 24, 2014 at 12:40 pm By Tim Wright

For the last several months a group of writers has been focusing on the issues of boys and men are collaborating through the writing and sharing of blog posts in order to bring greater awareness to the unique challenges boys and men face in the 21st Century. Twice a month these writers are posting the same posts on their various media formats to spread the word and to introduce their audiences to the great work of their peers. Today’s post... Read more

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Tim Wright

2014-05-09T15:00:41+00:00

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

Last updated on: May 9, 2014 at 3:00 pm By Tim Wright

I was at my granddaughter’s soccer game last week. (She’s going to be 5 this month.) The team is made up of 4-6 year olds. During the game, a grandpa from the opposing team yelled at his grandson: Next time I come, I better see you score a goal! This on top of other berating comments yelled at his grandson throughout the game. The kid couldn’t have been more than 6 years old! I know this an ongoing story—a story... Read more

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