Month: February 2020

In the opening post of this series about what I believe are the biggest challenges for most men today, I indicated that all our problems come from our pride. I also suggested that the multitude of issues and challenges generally fall into these three categories: Managing Work-Life Balance Reordering Priorities Resisting Temptations The reason pride is so hard for many men is that we simply do not want to admit we have issues. Whether it’s a struggling marriage or difficulty with emotionally-charged teenagers, an addiction to alcohol, pornography or drugs, or issues with communication, intimacy, anger, and financial struggles, we first need to admit we have a problem. It requires putting our pride aside. So let’s break down each of the three categories and suggest how a God Buddy can help. First, Managing Work-Life Balance. My Work-Life “Un”-Balance I wrote about my work-life “UN”-balance in one of the inaugural posts

The problems and challenges that men face today are not new but have been around since the beginning of humanity when Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden.   In this next series of posts, I’m writing about what I believe are the biggest challenges for most men today.  I’ll also include some guidance about how your God Buddies can help you overcome those challenges.  But first, let me set the table with this post. Many Challenges: One Root Cause If you ask the average man what he considers to be his biggest challenges, you’re likely to hear a multitude of issues such as financial struggles, job stress, marriage & raising children, time management, anger, lack of confidence, etc.  The list could go on and on but I believe all of these challenges fall into three basic categories: Reordering Priorities Managing Work-Life Balance Resisting Temptations And all are

In my last post, Being Good at Being a Man or Just Being a Good Man, I included a quote: “There is a difference between being a good man and being good at being a man.” The quote comes from Jack Donovan’s book, The Way of Men which suggests that reducing masculinity to a handful of tactical virtues is only about just being good at being a man but that our moral virtues, concern about justice, and acts of humility, charity, faith, righteousness, honesty, and temperance are about being a good man.  Now, I’d like to make the case that you can become a good and godly man. Differences Between a Good Man and Being Good at Being a Man In the aforementioned post, author Tom Matlack stated that the increasing expectations and challenges of men leave us asking “Who am I and what’s important?” Matlack also suggested men are confused