manhood
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manhood
This would never work. [Real] men are not attracted to feminine activities, and rightly so.
Is it any wonder so many men are repelled by many of our faith gatherings and activities? Men do not want to do feminine things. Yet, most of our faith gatherings are designed for and cater to women.
Harp from BetterMan • The Week in Review
SOURCE #1: COMMUNITY Communities in the past possessed a shared vision of masculinity. They provided ceremonies to mark a boy’s passage from adolescence to manhood.
Robert Lewis • Raising a Modern-Day Knight
As we look at this blessing, there are three commands God gives them, which are key to living a mythic life:
• Be fruitful and multiply. Within the context of marriage, release a healthy next generation into the world.
• Subdue the earth. Use your creative intellect to bring out the best in the part of the planet where you’ve been placed.
• Have
... See morebetterman.com • Ancient Wisdom for Modern Manhood, Part 1: Living a Mythic Life
Heart of a Warrior:
A woman to love
A work to do
A Will to obey
Or the Masculinity Manifesto
Protect
Preside
Provide
Or Wild at Heart
A battle to fight = protect
An adventure to live = preside
A beauty to rescue = provide
Better man an article - the 4 Ws
We call them the 4-W’s. If you’re intentional about these four things, you’ll become a better man, one who:
1. Courageously follows God’s Word.
2. Loves and protects God’s woman.
3. Excels at God’s work.
4. Improves God’s world with his children.
I HAD WORKED IT OUT with three other dads that we would do our boys’ initiation ceremony together, at the beach, but the boys didn’t know this. All I told them was, “You’re going to go under water, and it’s going to be cold, and it’s going to hurt. Get ready.”
David Kinnaman • The Intentional Father
What does our culture tell us? Life should be easy, you’re important, your life is about you, you should try to control everything, and you can live forever. And as a result, all of that emphasis on the self and self-fulfillment produces an extended adolescence, where men never grow up or reach their full redemptive potential.
David Kinnaman • The Intentional Father
Role #6: Wise Man We live in a culture of fools. Men need to learn to become wise.
David Kinnaman • The Intentional Father
- No counselor.