The basis for my case for 2025 as The Year for Better Male Friendships is the recent epidemic of loneliness in the U.S. and the Decline of Friendship, especially among men. My last post, The Principles of a GodBuddy Friendship, listed several principles that help men develop deeper, more authentic friendships. I also included the principle of becoming more like Jesus Christ, the greatest man of all time, which helps transform good friends into GodBuddies. This next post lists the specific traits of a GodBuddy friendship. In subsequent posts, I’ll describe the biblical principles for each and how these traits can help you become a better man.  The Difference between Principles and Traits  Friendship, at its core, is built upon the principles of trust, loyalty, and mutual support through shared experiences and understanding. Traits, on the other hand, are the specific characteristics or qualities that individuals exhibit in their friendship. Think

Throughtout this series about 2025 as The Year for Better Male Friendships, I have written about the epidemic of loneliness in the U.S. due to the Decline of Friendship, especially among men. My last post, The Friendships Men Have Now (and the One They Need!) stated that most of us only have surface-level relationships but really need the deeper, more authentic level of friendships that I call GodBuddies. In this post, I will describe the principles of this type of friendship and how it helps us become better men. Although my GodBuddy theory is biblically based, these principles apply to anyone regardless of their religious belief, so I hope you will read on further. Principles that Transform a Friendship In the recent post, My Work-Life “UN-balance” Story and my book, Get Out of Your Man Cave: The Crisis of Male Friendships, I described how the pressures and responsibilities of a new

As I continue making my case for 2025 as The Year for Better Male Friendships, let me state again that I believe the real problem is not the number of friendships but the quality of those friendships. In this next post, I describe the basic type of friendships many men have these days, and provide a teaser about the best type of friendship he needs: the GodBuddy friendship that I will describe in the next post.  My Case (So Far) for Better Male Friends So far in this series, I’ve written about why experts claim there is an epidemic of loneliness in the U.S. and a Decline of Friendship. I also wrote that many people feel they have No Time for Friends since we spend so much time on our smartphones and social media. Unfortunately, this has also led to Male Disengagement from the Real World because The Effect of the