Category: Series Summaries

Reflections on Year 7: Men Should Not Do Life Alone

December 29, 2025 No Comments

As December draws to a close, it’s time for my annual summary of this year’s posts. What started as making the case for 2025 as ‘The Year for Better Male Friendships’ evolved into a broader examination of why men are struggling. Drawing on excerpts from my book, Get Out of Your Man Cave: The Crisis of Male Friendship, I described how men live, relate, heal, and grow. The common thread through every post—whether focused on friendship, health, faith, or modern pressures—led to a single conviction: Men are not meant to do life alone. That belief leads me to ask for your help in connecting with others who share my vision of deeper, more authentic male friendships. This summary explains why men need to surround themselves with higher-quality men, who help each other become better men. They become better husbands, fathers, workers, and neighbors, so we can reverse the troubling trends that

Concluding My Case for Better Male Friendships

September 29, 2025 No Comments

Now that I have finished presenting my evidence for 2025 as the year for Better Male Friendships, it’s time to summarize the case. Throughout this series, I’ve attempted to convince you that every man needs friends who help him become a better man. I also suggested the best version of a friend is the deeper, more authentic type I call GodBuddies. No matter whether you consider yourself secular, just spiritual, or even religious, this information can help you build higher-quality friendships. This overview of my case includes links to each post, which is largely based on excerpts from my book, Get Out of Your Man Cave: The Crisis of Male Friendships. Of course, I would be forever grateful if you would buy a copy of the book. It contains personal reflection prompts and small group study questions for each chapter. You can purchase it from Amazon here or contact me

Reflections on Year 6: Too Many Men Are Still Failing

December 30, 2024 No Comments

Since starting this blog, my practice has been to write an annual summary of the recent year’s posts. This year’s theme, “Wisdom for Men” was purposely geared to a more general audience of men, regardless of their religious affiliation or spirituality. But I realized there is still work to do. Despite what you read in the media, too many males are falling behind in school, at work, and in their families. They are struggling with loneliness, isolation, abuse, and addictions. Even after nearly 300 posts, self-publishing a book, and several speaking engagements, men still need deeper, more authentic friendships because the problems of boys and men persist. Males are Struggling In his recent book, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, Richard Reeves examines the alarming trends well known to social scientists but not present in the