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Fathers Need Fathers’ Day
“We live in a society that talks about peace and contentment, and yet we seem to grow further and further from both. We get richer, but relationally poorer. Our weddings get bigger and our marriages get shorter. Our houses get bigger and our families get smaller. We communicate across the world without difficulty but can’t […]
Men and Boys
Every man’s question is “am I good enough?”, “am I a man?”. During the civil rights movement in the 1950s and’60s in the US, some of the banners that people would carry during their marches proclaimed ‘I am a man!’ Why? What does publicly affirming your manliness have to do with civil rights? Well, quite […]
Marriage
From a friend: In an interview in the Weekend Australian with Peter Cosgrove (previously head of the Australian army, did a brilliant job in East Timor)… One little comment he made was worth the whole reading time. He was asked to complete the following question: *”My most prized possession is* my wedding certificate to Lynne, […]
Good manners
Rudeness will be the death of society * Dimity Reed * August 8, 2009 THE notion that we aspire to building and maintaining a civil society has gained momentum in the past decade and is widely seen as the aspiration of much of our social thinking and policy. But the reality of how our society […]
The Rite Journey
By Andrew Lines Even though the health and wellbeing of boys is currently receiving a substantial amount of attention, there is little evidence to suggest that this is having a tangible effect on boys’ academic and social success. This may be partially due to the lack of symbolic initiation rites and ceremonies that mark a […]
Abuse of trust breeds culture of silence
* Caroline Taylor * August 1, 2009 THE puerile stunt by Sydney radio jocks Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O on Wednesday, in which a 14-year-old girl was strapped to a lie detector and interrogated by her mother about sexual matters, reveals more than just the nation’s shock that the distressed girl disclosed she was raped […]
Opposites Attract?
What’s love got to do with it? Opposites attract – or so the saying goes – but a new study suggests this may not be the key to a long-lasting marriage. Academics from the Australian National University tracked the relationships and characteristics of nearly 2,500 couples between 2001 and 2007. They found the factors that […]
Manhood
Men and boys: THE WORLD NEEDS MEN … who cannot be bought; … whose word is their bond; … who put character above wealth; … who are larger than their vocations; … who do not hesitate to take chances; … who will not lose their identity in a crowd; … who will be as honest […]
Bringing Up Pastors’ Kids
(Notes handed out at a Baptist Pastoral Leaders’/Spouses’ conference in Melbourne, Victoria, June 1, 2009). BRINGING UP PASTORS’ KIDS (by a sometimes inadequate pastor/father): Here’s a short summary of a few bits of wisdom I’ve learned from my own sometimes painful experience, and also heard in many John Mark Ministries’ retreats with pastors and their […]
The Origins of Mothers’ Day
From a friend: The origins of mothers day. A day calling for all women to demand peace. It outrages me that the best we can do is a thanks to mum for looking after us! Seems that the quickest way to disempower a radical movement is to sentimentalise it – such is the fate of […]
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