By Matthew Stewart Becoming a husband and a father has a way of giving you a fresh perspective on life. You take things for granted growing up, like having both a father and mother present in the home. Looking back on my childhood, I realize just how much mom and dad gave up to make sure my...

By Cole Feix It’s lonely at the top.  Relentless hard work, insatiable drive, and the will to win make the man.  Heroes are the ones who rise above the crowds; they’re the ones who put the team on their back.  They make the shot when it’s do or die. But nobody is larger than life....

By Ricky Alcantar We met for lunch because my friend was looking for counsel about how to react to the actions of a man in his extended family. This particular family member represents the essence of machismo, with a successful business, a nice car, and swagger. Lately he’d been making a halfhearted attempt to conceal an...

By Jeff Medders Do you remember Geoffrey the giraffe? What about the painfully catchy tune, their retail battle cry and hymn? I don’t wanna grow up; I’m a Toys-R-Us kid. If you learn one thing from this post: Never trust a giraffe. Theology from a giraffe is never a good thing. From my limited experience,...

By Adam Griffin It didn’t take me long as a child to form the primitive hypothesis that boys were better than girls. It was easy to prove since we were stronger, faster, funnier, and most importantly I was one of them and I loved being the best. Sure many of the girls beat me in...

By Lawrence Locklin  “Since the many, being enslaved by their appetites, make it the business of their lives to pursue sensual pleasures, and to avoid bodily pains… what eloquence can persuade, what words can transform men thus brutified?” – Aristotle, The Nichomachean Ethics Manhood, by God’s design, includes active, intentional work and leadership.  We see...