The Heart of a Warrior

To recover from boyhood wounds and journey into becoming a true man is a transition that is as significant as stepping from the part of a naïve civilian into the role of a skilled Warrior, trained and true. The first courageous step a man must take is to head back to what shaped him in his youth. The boyhood years, from birth to about age fourteen,

When we fail to connect the themes in these stories with the themes in our own stories, then we miss the larger life for which we are being called. Often we miss our moment to step up and in to play the hero’s part because we don’t see and hear these moments of invitation. Opportunities to love well, fight well, and offer a true masculine presence,

I will never be on the wrong side again! This must become our declaration as well. It is not the mistakes or compromises we have made that define us, painful and costly though they may be. It is our next choice.

Think of your life as a great construction site. The foundation should consist of being loved well; a strong base of love makes for a strong structure. For a boy, being seen, wanted, invited, and encouraged provides tremendous foundational materials. Having his young heart handled lovingly and intentionally during his formative years furnishes soun

It’s your heart’s experience of the Father’s love for you that will change your life, not just once but again and again, and make you dangerous to the enemy. Woe to him if you get a grip on who you really are! That’s why Satan does everything he can to keep you from trusting and enjoying the truth. Because once you do, the training has begun for a

This moment mattered greatly in my life and affected me for months, even years. But it wasn’t my first run-in with shame, nor would it be my last. Shame always makes me wonder, What is wrong with me? It whispers, “Be anywhere but here. Be anybody but me. Hide!”

This is all-out, bloody battle, and there’s no giving it a “G” rating. This creature that lives within you wants to sin. John Eldredge calls it “the poser”; John Lynch refers to it as “the mask”; Paul calls it “the flesh.” The good news is, its lead role can be stripped from it and rightly reassigned to your true self, but its presence and power sh

By discovering the true identity of Jesus, we will find ours as well. This cannot be overstated. He is the One who knows all of a man’s sorrows and hopes. The Scriptures say that Jesus identifies with us: Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it’s logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By emb

“We aren’t meant to figure out life on our own. God wants to father us.

The Larger Story reveals two kingdoms that are at war over the vital piece of real estate the Scriptures call the heart. Both kingdoms know its value and its worth. One kingdom offers lies, the other the truth. One offers death, the other, Life. Both kingdoms know that if you get the heart of a person, you get the whole person. The respective ruler