Practical Tools To Become More Mindful
The last three posts have explored the topic of mindfulness — as a cultural phenomenon, as a part of true masculinity, and as a practice to grow in Christ. In this last post, I want to give you some practical tools to become more mindful. Here are five, in no particular order. The Examen: This […]
How Mindfulness Can Form Men Into Christ
In the last two posts, I explored the cultural interest in mindfulness and the importance of mindfulness in becoming men. In this post I want to turn another corner. How can mindfulness form men into Christ? How can it be help them along on the most important journey of their lives, becoming like Jesus, the […]
Why Men Must Become Mindful
In the last post, I examined the increasing cultural interest in mindfulness. Whether the field is spirituality, neurology, therapy, physiology, or psychology, mindfulness has become a red-hot topic. This week, I want to explore why men must become mindful. Men Who Are Not Mindful It has happened on more than one occasion. I’m in a […]
The Surging Interest in Mindfulness
Throughout the month of January, I want to explore the surging interest in mindfulness. Along the way, I will connect mindfulness to manhood and to life as a Christ-follower. Here we go… The next time you are in a grocery store or drug store line, take a look at the magazines. Alongside the sex scandals […]
The Impossible Has Happened!
As 2019 closes out, we wanted to send you quick summary of all that has happened. If someone had told me 7 years ago when this ministry started that the following had taken place, I would have promptly replied that it wasn’t possible. But through your donations, encouragement, and prayer the impossible has happened! It […]
Do Not Wait For Me
The Christmas season is traditionally known as Advent, a word that means waiting. It is not only waiting for the first coming of Christ in humility but also for His coming again in power. It is this idea of waiting that has gripped me recently. What do we wait for? What do we hope in? […]
How Imaginative Prayer Can Heal
This is the 3rd is a series on how the imagination can connect a man to God. The first post offered some thoughts about the importance of the imagination. The second post shared how to use our imagination to read the Bible. In this post, I want to move in another direction: how imaginative prayer […]
Reading The Bible With Our Imagination
The NeverEnding Story is a children’s fantasy film in which a boy goes from reading a fairy tale to being sucked into the tale itself. This is as good a picture as I know of for how we are to read the Bible. It is the greatest story of all time, and we are to […]
Awakening to the Imagination
I have a confession to make: I have spent most of my life suspicious of the imagination, especially mine. I equated the imagination with the imaginary. Hence, it was unreal, untrue, and untrustworthy. It may be OK for kids to play with, but definitely not for grown men. But in the past ten years, I […]
Practicing The Presence
This is the third in a series on God’s presence. God is always inviting us into His presence (the first post). As we learn to accept that invitation, His presence shapes us into true men (the second post). But the practical question is upon us. How do we stay in His presence? How do we […]