My wife and I, watched in amazement and joy as we sensed  the presence of the Lord this past Sunday, during the five-hour memorial for Charlie Kirk, held in Phoenix’s State Farm Stadium.  Both of us have spent the last couple of weeks, trying to discern what will be the impact of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. …

Richard Reeves is doing some insightful work regarding men and boys’ issues in today’s culture.  He recently posted an article entitled, “The case for male spaces,” with an interesting subtitle, “Fears of the Old Boys’ Club are now doing more harm than good.”   Reeves contends that male loneliness is not getting the attention that it…

Stuart Whatley in an essay for The New Statesman entitled “The West is Bored to Death,” contends our culture is weakening not from pain or poverty, but rather from boredom.  He believes, “a spiritual vacuum created by material abundance and the declining sense of meaning, has resulted in the rise of dangerous politics, aimless leisure,…

There are times when I would like to include sports in blogs, but I don’t want to be over zealous in my interest of sports.  However, the following note in the Daily Caller, prompts me to comment on PJ Jules, a safety who survived the mandatory roster cut for the Cincinnati Bengals.  I am always…

Anthony Bradley in a candid article, ends with this challenge.  “I’d recommend that people stop whining  about ‘Andrew Tate’ and instead, out-complete him and others with better content that fits with their view of world if they think the manosphere is a problem.”  As a member of “the silent generation” and a retired senior male,…

The Mainstream media, today is filled with commentary and predictions on the direction of our nation.  We continually hear from those on the right and those on the left.  “The new vibe” has the observers wondering about what the shifting sands of social, political and economic trends mean for our life together.  Whose narrative will…

Mark Bauerlein at First Things had a short book review of French author Pascal Bruckner’s recent book entitled “The triumph of the slippers: on the withdrawal from the world.” The phrase, “The triumph of the slippers,” caught my eye.   I knew I had to do a blog using this phrase as a springboard, challenging men…

Gates Garcia contends that masculinity has been hijacked.  He believes, “The left’s successful rebranding of masculinity as ‘toxic’ didn’t just rewrite a dictionary entry – it rewired the cultural DNA that once produced great men.”  That statement struck a chord with me.  When the word “toxic” was first used to describe men, I was already…

I am a “feeling-intuitive guy,” according to the Myers-Briggs.  It took many years before I could accept being a male, who just never seemed to fit in the male culture.  I didn’t fit with the stereotype.  As I grew older, becoming more acquainted with personality types, I gained the liberating realization that I was a…

Pastor Alexander Sosler in an article entitled “You can’t hustle your way to holiness” in Christianity Today, used the phrase “rise and grind.”  He is talking about the new generation of influencers, who are targeting younger men, with the thought of getting Christian men out of their heads and into the real world around them. …