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I am very thankful to share this this interview with my readers.  Raphael Armand, a collegiate friend, shared his thoughts regarding manhood this week.  Raphael is quite an intelligent man and is the offspring of wonderful, hard-working parents.  Despite this pedigree, Raphael still faced challenges and struggles.  He faced and continues to face challenges many of us [...]

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Scott Leckie, a friend from my youth, is the interviewee this week.  I recently re-connected with him via Facebook.  Scott found me through the awesome algorithms Facebook employs since we did not have any friends in common at the time of re-introduction.
Scott was a very kind and quiet person during our childhood.  He was always [...]

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I “met” Ron Ploof through the wonderful world of technology–specifically, Twitter.  Ron’s profile page on Twitter immediately caught my attention because of his love for his work and family.  From a business perspective, check out Ron’s book, Read This First: The Executive’s Guide to New Media–From Blogs to Social Networks, for all businesses, small and [...]

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The most outgoing and down-to-earth person during my schoolboy years is about to bless you with deep and simple insight on manhood and raising girls.  Galen Gordon took the time to answer questions about how he seeks to challenge his daughters and create an impactful, positive and purpose-filled environment for them.  Galen has true words [...]

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Lindsay Orr gets straight to the point in this week’s questions.  I met some time ago through a high school friend.  As time went on, Lindsay and I became mutual friends and spoke pretty intimately on male and Christianity topics.  Lindsay eventually introduced me to his best friend growing up, now my wife (and sang [...]

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My, my , my… Where can I begin.  The Dr., Dr. C, K-rilla?  Ken and I have known each other for quite some time.  We met in college (in the 90s).  Ken stayed focus in our science classes while I goofed off for four years.  Nonetheless, Ken and I have plenty of stories of each [...]

Manhood:
Manhood. What is it? What, in our convoluted world is it suppose look like? John Wayne? Woody Allen? A hybrid of the two? What does biblical manhood look like? How is it played out in real life between exhausting commutes, financial and family challenges, and the sheer complexity of surviving in today’s pressurized [...]

The spiritual life cannot be made suburban. It is always frontier and we who live in it must accept and even rejoice that it remains untamed. –Howard Macey

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I met Chris when he was in middle school, I was in junior high school and his siblings were in high school.  Yes, I grew up with Chris and know his family very well.  Chris is the youngest of three siblings–the oldest is a boy and the middle child is a girl.  Chris’s family is [...]