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July 2016

July 14, 2016

The Wonder of Girls: A Podcast with Dr. Michael Gurian

Dr. Michael Gurian has spent the last 30 years of his life writing and speaking about...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

How to Speak Man: A Brief Tutorial for Church Leaders Who Want to Reach Men

Men and women are equal. Men and women are different. That’s my starting point. If...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Is Nastiness the New Authenticity?

During a radio show the host said he couldn’t support Donald Trump because he wasn’t...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

The Church’s Male Dilemma

For the last several years, authors like my friend, David Murrow, have passionately argued for...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

The Steroid Church

Why do men hate going to church? My friend, David Murrow has written a best-selling...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Top 10 Reasons Why Dad Matters According to Science (#9 is surprising!)

In my last post I referenced a book by Paul Raeburn entitled: Do Father’s Matter?...

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...

February 2015

February 03, 2015

A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in his Kids–Part 3: Gentlemen–This is Your Brain on Testosterone

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

January 2015

January 27, 2015

A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in His Kids–Part 2: From Outsourcing to Dadsourcing

(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,...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

Why You Should Care About the “Boy Crisis”

My concern for the future of boys is personal. I have two grandsons, both nearing...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Can’t Girls be Superheroes, too?

You get the best out of a boy by stimulating his desire for greatness and...

October 01, 2013

The Troubling “De-Stereotyping” of Boys

Prince Jake was kind and caring. Princess Rose was brave and strong. --from A Fairy...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Could the Church be the Best Hope for Our Boys?

These are tough days to be a boy! Boys are falling behind girls in virtually...

September 12, 2013

The Tyranny of Sameness–Robbing Boys of their Boy-ness

For all of the great advances women, in particular, have experienced thanks to the Women’s...