“It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that...
READ MOREThe Become Good Soil Intensive is one of our premier leadership training events and has been catalytic for men from around the globe for over a decade. Each Intensive is built on the foundation of the previous ones, and we are thrilled to...
READ MORE“We can see God in everything and miss him in anything.” –Ken Helser, A Place for the Heart I had heard the story a dozen times. But every time, through tears, I found myself doing the math. Every week… Every year… For more than ten years… ...
READ MORE“One of the most important tasks of a moral society must be to make boys into good men.”–Abigail Shrier, Wall Street Journal Abigail Shrier is among the rare and brave public figures giving voice to what research indicates is a presenting crisis...
READ MORE“Man doesn’t make kings. God does.” –Robert the Bruce, Scotland, 1274-1329 What is the most important thing? What if you had another chance? What if there was a secret treasure waiting to be found? What if there was an ancient path that led to...
READ MOREAs a parent to teenagers, I can say confidently that the core passion of my life is the intention of raising wholehearted kids. The process of participating with God’s initiation of the children entrusted to my care into mature and wholehearted...
READ MORE“This is neither theory nor theological wrangling. It’s an excavation of the heart. A rescue mission to steal back the truth of us.” –Charles Martin, New York Times bestselling author Though I’ve navigated many acute moments of wilderness...
READ MORENever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, its the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead Our capacity to be strengthened by God and to find peace in God is constantly at risk. It is at risk...
READ MORE“When a father and son do spend long hours together, which some fathers and sons still do, we could say that a substance almost like food passes from the older body to the younger.” –Iron John, Robert Bly I’m guessing we dads looked a bit...
READ MOREFriends, Who would you like to have become when we round the corner into 2030 a decade from now? As we enter a new year and a new decade, I wanted to begin with a personal 14-minute video as a way of sharing my heart and strength with you as a...
READ MOREI can tell you a whole lot more about the features of a Ford F-150 than I could’ve a week ago. Which trim packages upgrade to LED box lighting. The range of performance and optional distinctions between the XLT, Lariat, and King Ranch. The...
READ MOREI am furious. They promised. Today was my chance. My only chance. And yet, the magician vanished as quickly as he appeared. Mostly what I see in his wake are chaos and rumors. Yet here and there, I can’t help but notice what I can only call...
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READ MORE“Love and relationship are the bottom line of the Kingdom of God. And they must be ours if we are to establish a Kingdom culture in our homes.”
-Danny Silk, Loving Our...
READ MOREThe masculine initiation can often be characterized not as a series of high achievements, but rather as a series of humiliations of the false self. Within the span of a single month last year, the world lost too many really good men. A few were...
READ MOREThough it is rare, there are people who have built a strong inner character, who have achieved a certain depth. In these people, at the end of this struggle, the climb to success has surrendered to the...
READ MOREDefine yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. Let this become the most important thing in your life. – Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child When we excavate our layers of defenses, we find a...
READ MOREIt is the pungent aroma of elk that catches me first, a musk unlike any other in the wild. And it is intoxicating to a bowhunter. The prehistoric smell is a sure sign of close proximity to these giant ghosts of the forest. As least it should be....
READ MOREIt is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.
... READ MOREFor a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years. If this performance is devoid of all egoism, if its...
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