How does a boy become a man? Does puberty usher him in? What about a first kiss or that first time behind the wheel? If you’re at all familiar with the masculine journey, you’ll know that a much deeper, more deliberate process is required to grow boys into men. We’ve named it initiation. With the […]

No hook or rack can e’er be foundIn the dwellings of authentic menOn which to hang the coats and cloaksOf title, fame, and position But once inside you’ll here men chide“Drop coat and stay awhile.No need to cover and encumber your soulWith a thing so heavy and vile.” “For the heat and kindle of manly […]

Shame, according to C.S. Lewis, is like a warm liquid too hot to touch, but not to drink. “If you will accept it – if you will drink the cup to the bottom – you will find it very nourishing: but try to do anything else with it and it scalds.” Our guilt or true […]

Come later this summer, I will be joining Tall Oak Counseling Center. I am very excited about this new venture! The counselors at Tall Oak are exceptional and they strive to do counseling in community, treating the whole family system and not one person. They also walk with God very closely as they guide people […]