manhood

We dug into the practice of stewarding our time—wasting it, investing it, using it, spending it, and redeeming it. We did the same with money.

If you think the call to manhood is a call merely to heavy responsibility and dutiful sacrifice, then you’ve completely missed the example of the second Adam. Yes, real manhood is at times rigorous; it demands courage and requires sacrifice. Nevertheless, it is primarily a call to life!

When he was around age ten or so, I started dropping hints. “Hey, man, when you turn thirteen, you’re going to enter into a sacred and ancient rite of moving from adolescence into manhood. And I want to tell you, this is going to be hard. It’s going to be scary. You’re not going to know what to do. But we’re going to walk through this together, and

IMAGINE A FARMER walked down a backcountry road and saw another farmer repairing a fence. His young sons were helping him. “Why are you letting your sons help you?” the first farmer asked. “It’s going to take five times as long. You should just do it yourself.” “Oh, but you’ve made a mistake,” the second farmer said. “You think I’m repairing a

1. Learning a New Skill

“Every project around the house is an opportunity to teach your son a new skill.”

This past summer, my son and I built a treehouse. The boy who started the project was timid about using a power drill but ended the project no longer needing my help. Every project around the house is an opportunity to teach your son a new skill.

Speaking of leadership, Nate and I also went through John Maxwell’s Leadership Bible and The 20 Most Important Minutes in a Leader’s Day.