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A simplified approach to being the church
discovering a close personal relationship with the godhead

The unexpected journey: a path to manhood

My second cause for excitement came later that same afternoon. My son and I were in the family room by ourselves. My wife and daughter were out, our middle son upstairs playing. I suggested we watch a movie. We agreed on a scifi-thriller. We settled on one we had not...

A path to manhood

I have wanted to put this out there since this past weekend, but scheduling just did not allow it. Two events took place involving my son that turned out to be huge—at least in my eyes—opportunities for instructing him on how to be a man. The first event went down...

The man cave

The Man Cave My son and I have been gathering for one month. This week as we sat in our family room it occurred to me that we need a special place to meet—a man cave! We scoped out the available spots, my daughters playhouse in the back yard, the garage, the narrow...

The path to manhood

Happy Monday. It would seem to be a good place to restate what is going on. My son and I have begun a journey—a journey to manhood. It is my intent to offer some insight into our journey thereby possibly helping some father’s who are equally concerned about this very...

The unexpected journey: a path to manhood

As of today we are three weeks into our journey. In that length of time we have accomplished two rather important feats. The first feat being the formation of an outline for the journey, while the second is the beginning leg of my son’s journey. In order to stay...

The unexpected journey: a path to manhood

The Map. As was briefly mentioned in an earlier blog, my son and I have discussed putting a map in together that gives us some understanding of how our journey will look. This map has a two-fold purpose with the first being a fun activity that we can do together. The...