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May 2015
May 01, 2015
Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 3: Reason #2 is…
In my first two posts on this issue I have argued that the Church matters…and...
April 2015
April 23, 2015
Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 2: Reason #1 is…
As I cited in my first post on this subject, church attendance among Christians has...
April 16, 2015
Why Church Matters to Your Kids, Part 1: Does the Church Matter?
Philip Yancey, in his book, What’s so Amazing About Grace, opens up with a gut-wrenching...
March 2015
March 31, 2015
The New Gender Gap?
The headline for the March, 16, 2015 edition of the Arizona Republic trumpeted these words: Closing...
March 10, 2015
A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in his kids–Part 4: Dad–You Have a Particular Set of Skills
(Many great books have been written recently about how to be more intentional in forging...
February 2015
February 03, 2015
A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in his Kids–Part 3: Gentlemen–This is Your Brain on Testosterone
(Many great books have been written recently about how to be more intentional in forging...
January 2015
January 27, 2015
A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in His Kids–Part 2: From Outsourcing to Dadsourcing
(Many great books have been written recently about how to be more intentional in forging...
January 20, 2015
A Dad’s Playbook for Forging Faith in his Kids–Part 1
(Many great books have been written recently about how to be more intentional in forging faith in...
November 2014
November 06, 2014
Confessions of a (Former) Seeker Church Pastor
(Excerpt from Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church! The True Story of How One...
October 2014
October 15, 2014
The New Utopia: A Genderless Society?
The Lincoln Public School system recently trained its teachers to create a gender-neutral, or gender-inclusive,...
September 2014
September 30, 2014
The Myth of Male Privilege?
A friend sent me a link to a blog post, written by a mom about...
September 24, 2014
Beer, the NFL, and Domestic Violence
OK...I'll dive in and take the heat: Does anyone else find it a bit disingenuous...
September 09, 2014
The Imperative for Brain-Washing our Kids
I’ve been a pastor for over 30 years. For the last 9 years a part...
August 2014
August 17, 2014
Are Children’s/Youth Ministries the New Leper Colonies?
(Excerpted from: Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church! The True Story of How One...
August 05, 2014
Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church
(Excerpted from Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church: The True Story of How One Congregation...
July 2014
July 31, 2014
It Takes a Man to Raise a Boy Into a Man
In the twenty-first century, the overwhelming majority of boys are being mentored primarily by women:...
July 11, 2014
The Hole in a Man’s Soul–The Father Wound
If you dig deep enough into the soul of a man who for some reason...
July 01, 2014
Real Boys Don’t “Fall in Love” with Jesus
Imagine dropping your son off at football practice and as he’s walking toward the field...
June 2014
June 25, 2014
The Tyranny of Boy-Blindess: The Fog of Gender Wars
The Fog of War: The unavoidable aspect of war wherein the intelligence gathered is always...
June 19, 2014
The Decade of the Boy (Guest Post by Michael Gurian)
For the last several months a group of writers has been focusing on the issues...
May 2014
May 28, 2014
For the Sake of our Children: Redefining the Legacy of Success
I wrote this for the Huffington Post last year at the request of Arianna Huffington...
May 24, 2014
Boy is Beautiful (Guest Post by Mark Sherman)
For the last several months a group of writers has been focusing on the issues...
May 09, 2014
If We Want our Kids to Grow Up…Perhaps We Need to Grow Up!
I was at my granddaughter’s soccer game last week. (She’s going to be 5 this...
May 08, 2014
Hugs and Slugs–If Boys Could Speak (Guest Post by Janet Allison)
For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...
May 08, 2014
The Key to Building a High Impact Men’s Ministry
If you’ve worked in men’s ministry, or if you know anything about men’s ministry in...
April 2014
April 29, 2014
Tommy Heads to Preschool–And Why That May Not Be a Good Thing!
Excerpted from my book, Searching for Tom Sawyer: How Parents and Congregations Can Stop the...
April 24, 2014
Dad: Coach, Cheerleader, and Companion. (Guest Post by Dave Brown)
For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...
April 15, 2014
Is it Time to Finally Say…These are Good Days to be a Girl?
For over a generation we have been fighting for our girls…creating a world where they...
April 10, 2014
A Man in the Making: The Heart of Masculinity (Guest Post by Rick Johnson)
For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...
April 01, 2014
The 6 Secrets to Your Son’s Success in School (Guest Post by Dr. Ed Dixon)
For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys...
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