The Heroes Quest

The Heroes Quest

 A few years back I had to get away, and disappeared for 4 days to a Santa Barbara retreat center. I was an incredible mess. Forty-plus years of Wanna-be heroism had me carrying two torches–two lives–simultaneously, and it was not working. Most of my adult years...

Moving Up the Down Staircase

Man’s Men are the men who follow the Son of Man, Jesus. Over the last 4 years of my much flawed and often accidental 50-year journey as a Jesus follower, there have been 2 changes that have both subtracted from and added to my life and ministry....

Hydrating on Spiritual Formation

The spiritual formation of men is the primary and final commandment from the lips of Jesus before he ascended. Acting on this was easier because the very recent experience of those who lived with him had been trained and loved by Jesus. And when the 12...
Quality vs Quantity

Quality vs Quantity

In the Beatitudes, Jesus taught us that a person is “known” (and justly measured) by their FRUIT (Matt 7:16). However, the fruit that the New Testament refers to here, and in many other passages, as FAITH-based qualitative, not quantitative esteem....