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Pascal, the French thinker, said this about our continual search for happiness:... read more

In 1990 I was the the offensive coordinator at the University of Kentucky and had the wide receivers and quarterbacks over to my house for dinner one evening after spring football practice had finished. One of the players attending was our starting quarterback named Freddie Maggard. Most coaches do this just to get to know the players a little better in a personal way in a non-competitive environment. Before we ate, I said a prayer like I have always done with my family, thanking God for the... read more

It was a big win in the Estelle Unit at The Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, TX when 60 inmates began 33 The Series Volume 1: A Man and His Design. Spontaneous applause broke out when the first session ended. The men in this prison were energized by the presentation of the content, engaging in conversations and discussion about how to apply the biblical principles of manhood like never before. ... read more

“If you are not making mistakes, then you are NOT doing anything!” –John Wooden ... read more

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” (Mark 11:24).... read more

Every man has a story and every man is in the midst of a story. God is the ultimate author of all things, including my story and your story (see Romans 8:28; 11:36). A man cannot truly step into Authentic Manhood until he begins to see his life as a narrative—an epic adventure, a tragedy, and a comedy all rolled up into one, with an ending that has yet to unfold!... read more

To be a man is to be angry, whether it's over political debates or marital spats, over the traffic that blocks us or the boss that infuriates us. But it's what we do with that anger as men that moves us toward destruction or redemption. Here’s a recent example from my own life.... read more

From: JT McCraw... read more

I just recently saw an ad for pomegranate juice whose tag line was this: “Cheat Death.” Really? Is anybody ever going to cheat death? Yet our culture is savagely bent on worshipping at the altar of youth, trying somehow to find a way to short-circuit aging and cheat death in the end. Perhaps our greatest feat of denial is here with the reality of death. It seems that most of our lives as men are spent in one way or another trying to avoid, outrun, or outmaneuver death. But our navigational... read more

The makeshift welding station was strategically positioned at the top of the driveway. Each man passed by it as he arrived. For six Tuesday nights these five young men, all of them in their twenties, gathered on this patio in their journey toward authentic manhood—a journey that began between a father and son, now extended through a son to his buddies. ... read more