It depends entirely on what stage your son is in when you ask the question.
That’s the message of John Eldredge’s The Way of the Wild Heart: A Map for the Masculine Journey. (See my first post on it here.)
To Fathers of Young Boys
After chapter two, which is intensely Christian, and might turn off some […]
That’s the thesis of my latest read, John Eldredge’s The Way of the Wild Heart.
You see, what we have now is a world of uninitiated men. Partial men. Boys, mostly, walking around in men’s bodies, with men’s jobs and families, finances, and responsibilities. The passing on of masculinity was never completed, if it was […]
Alternative title: Broccoli-infused Brownies Rock
You live with a person for 20 years and then you wake up one day, look at the woman in your bed, and realize she’s a complete stranger. A damn sexy stranger, but still.
She’ll look you right in the face and pretend everything’s normal. I mean, I never would have […]
I’m a little slow, having just discovered Bill Cosby’s 1986 book, Fatherhood.
So you’ve decided to have a child. You’ve decided to give up quiet evenings with good books and lazy weekends with good music, intimate meals during which you finish whole sentences, sweet private times when you’ve savored the thought that just the two […]
“We need every ounce of masculine courage and wit you own, because fathers, more than anyone else, set the course for a daughter’s life.”—Meg Meeker, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
It’s been a while since Girl 15 lit up when I walked into the room. She used to! Really, it’s true. And not as long ago as […]
Artwork by Boy 7. I was wearing my Ninja suit that day.-->
