When considering what is best for our society, we don’t just consider the views of those most directly impacted to the exclusion of all others. To do so would be an injustice, especially to those who are vulnerable. I recently met a young man from an Ivy League...
Recently, I started facilitating a men’s class for a group of fathers in a homeless shelter’s residential treatment program. I am using National Fatherhood Initiative’s evidence-based program called 24/7 Dad, which is designed to help men develop the...
A few years ago, I participated in an Oprah Life Class with Oprah and Iyanla Vanzant. (You can see a clip of the show here.) The goal of the show was to address the troubling epidemic of sons growing up without their fathers. As support for the show, I was asked to...
Each father experiencing deliverance from the pain of abortion loss knows the radical difference of being in bondage and the restoration of life in Christ as a redeemed son.About six months ago, three men and I began the journey through a Bible study I wrote...
As a father myself, I distinctly remember my biggest fear when I became a dad: “I am going to be a terrible dad because I don’t know what I am doing.” As fathers, and frankly as men, competence and confidence are very closely linked. If we feel we...
