True Sons – True Father This last weeks reading (Chapter 2) has been a foundational lesson on who we are, where we are and who we are going home to. Through the book and the study guide there were many references to the brokenness of families. A few sections of scripture that can challenge many…
A challenging question, one easily shrugged off… In this weeks study guide section there is some real challenging questions that should not be overlooked. The chapter and the first part of the study guide focuses a lot on the movie “Kingdom of Heaven”, and if you did not watch it or did not watch the…
As we continue our work through Fathered by God/Way of the Wild Heart, in session 2 we are reading about the “True son of a True Father”, some things float to the surface. The study guide identifies some key points to remember; take into consideration… Most of us feel fundamentally fatherless. Our core assumptions about…
After stepping out of denial last Saturday, we move into a rhythm. Some of us have an extra day off work, others no school, and yet others will find time to get their reading and questions done. This weeks assignment: Read chapter 2 Answer questions in the study guide for “2. True Son of a…
The Masculine Journey For many of you reading this message, this material seems real familiar, but that does not mean that we have addressed all the areas of our own masculine journey. I know for me personally, when I went through this study several years ago, I was at a different stage in my life; I…
Regardless of our variety of life experiences, there is one thing for sure. We have each had an experience of being a child and being in need. Some of us may have had a reasonably good childhood, others not so much. Regardless of whether we feel good or bad about our parents, we were children…
As the calendar comes to an end and many look to new hopes in a new year and many wish things could have gone different, it is a healthy time for us to reflect on the blessings. Many of us have sat around this table in the past month or so and laid our burdens…
Being strong willed and independent is probably a very strong characteristic of each of us. Each of us have survived many oppositions in our days. There have been times when we were backed up to the wall and we pushed forward. We were determined, confident and resilient. There have also been those times when we…
As we discussed last week, yielding is so much more than merging and getting along. We read through and captured the clarity that yielding is surrendering and giving into. We don’t want to give into by obligation or coercion, but out of authentic love as a sign of righteousness. Not something we manufacture or earn,…
We hear or have been involved in a lot of yielding in our lives. Most of the time we relate to the term when we merge into a lane of traffic or we yield and let someone in to our lane. We can even get in a position of judging how others either merge or…