Category: Friendships

Identifying Potential GodBuddies

My last post, Taking Stock of Your Friendships, included two tools to help men develop better friendships (download them for FREE here and here). Even if you’re wrestling with questions about your faith or manhood, these tools can help you identify others for the kind of friendship I believe every man needs: the deeper, more authentic friendship I call a GodBuddy. The next few posts will help you create a bond with another man, add depth to your relationships, and strengthen your friendship so it lasts. Why Men Need Better Friendships Throughout my case for Better Male Friendships, I showed evidence for the need for better friendships that build better men. I strongly believe that friendships between mature men can offset the harmful and oppressive “toxic” behaviors that we see exhibited by too many immature males these days. Building better men can also help address the reasons why so many boys

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Remembering Chris Davolos

This past week was the anniversary of the passing of one of my earliest GodBuddies, Christopher J. Davolos, who died unexpectedly on April 1, 2014. Chris died a few days shy of his birthday on April 9 and would have been 68 years old next week. This next post in my series, The Year for Better Male Friendships, honors the man whose friendship embodied my GodBuddy concept and why I dedicated this website to Chris. It also explains one of the main principles: every man needs a good friend who encourages, supports, and challenges them to become a better man.   Chris was a “Barnabas” In one of my earlier posts, Three Relationships Every Man Needs, I suggested that you need a Timothy, a Barnabas, and a Paul in your life. Based on the example of the Apostle Paul, the model suggests that every man needs an apprentice (Timothy), an

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Every Man Needs Helpers

In my last post, How Many Friends Can You Really Have?, I explained the brain science behind Dunbar’s Number for the number of people you can maintain as stable social relationships. I also suggested that we need fewer friends, rather than more acquaintances. This next post continues making my case for 2025 as The Year for Better Male Friendships to explain why men need help making friends. Man Needed Help  As I have stated in several previous posts, the need for better friendships applies to everyone: male or female, married or single, religious or not.  That said, my theory about man’s need for better friendships is based on several biblical principles. The first is that God created the world and humans perfectly, then said it “was good” (Genesis 1:27-31). However, our Creator concluded “It is not good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18). Knowing that, God created Eve as

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Remembering Chris Davolos

This past week was the anniversary of the passing of one of my earliest GodBuddies, Christopher J. Davolos, who died unexpectedly on April 1, 2014.

Read More »

Every Man Needs Helpers

In my last post, How Many Friends Can You Really Have?, I explained the brain science behind Dunbar’s Number for the number of people you

Read More »