I just returned from “Top Gun”–no I am not entering into the Navy’s Fighter weapon school. I spent five days with Michael Thompson and his team from Zoweh Ministries in the mountains of Virginia, near Lexington. I love so many things about these type of retreats (all modeled after what Ransomed Heart does in Colorado)…
“You don’t throw a whole life away just because it’s banged up a little.” Last night 40 men and sons gathered for our monthly Guys Movie Night to watch Seabiscuit (PG-13, 2003). Seabiscuit is the true story of three broken men who come together around a broken horse during the Great Depression and inspire the…
I am wondering who out there would like to start a conversation about boys and video games.
Which kind of man are you? Do you settle for “lesser” addictions like coffee and Diet Coke, because you view them has “harmless” compared to what you might think as more self-destructive habits like drug and alcohol abuse?
What if you could be truly free of all that? Would you want it?
No Place to Run. No Reason to Hide. This phrase is at the top of the movie poster for Open Range. Guys, this is us…In Christ. There is no place to run…and no reason to hide. In Christ we can be free of all of our righteous, religious posing. We actually are more free than…
This week causes me to remember many things. It was five years ago this week that I was getting ready to leave the corporate setting at Zondervan and venture with God out into the unknown, partnering with him to help rescue and release the hearts of men and fathers. Through these five years, God has…
I just finished Vic Foerster’s excellent book, Naked in the Stream–Isle Royale Stories. I received it as a Christmas present from myself, after having met Vic at a local Barnes & Noble. Vic has spent nearly 30 years adventuring Isle Royale and the surrounding Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan. All I have to say is,…
With a new year begins a new journey for me and my family. My wife Lori has begun homeschooling both of our kids. I am going to try and post a few thoughts on my involvement and my reactions to being a new homeschool dad. Neither Lori nor myself were homeschooled, but we have been…
I’ve read lots of books for men. I lead a men’s ministry. I first read Wild at Heart in 2001 and was changed by it’s message of healing and coming out of hiding from the embarrassment of childhood wounds. I have always been amazed at myself when I work with men & how easy it…