Mark Hancock and Trent Talbot

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  Oct 30, 2024

  High-pressure systems aren’t only weather-related

  Amid the chaos, there is a vital need for us to find meaningful ways to manage stress and anxiety.

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  Jun 24, 2024

  Here's an alternative to missionally lost Boy Scouts of America

  Since 2018, the BSA has lost over a million boys while gaining 176,000 girls.

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  Feb 10, 2024

  What active fatherhood looks like

  This call to active fatherhood isn’t about a specific program or community; it’s about redefining our roles.

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  Dec 26, 2023

  The gift of Christmas presence

  If we approach the season well, deliberate deceleration can calm our frenzied lives and restore a fleeting serenity.

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  Nov 29, 2023

  Nurturing true masculinity in a culture adrift

  By infusing the lives of boys with faith, character growth, and leadership, we not only prepare them to confront the challenges of the present but empower them to shape the future.

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  Dec 23, 2022

  Celebrating hope often makes us feel hopeless?

  However, I often wonder: In all our efforts to manufacture the “ideal” Christmas, do we too often leave out the Creator?

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  Dec 27, 2021

  Teaching boys masculinity through the Christmas story

  Tragically, a boy’s needs are being treated as if they are some social disease that can be starved out of existence.

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  Dec 1, 2021

  Leaving a legacy: The power of history on the hearts of boys

  In a world void of strong courageous heroes and sterilized of risk, boys are disappearing into fantasy. Superheroes replace real-life role-models and virtual video games become substitutes for real-life challenges.

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  Nov 25, 2020

  Walking the ministry tightrope: religious freedom, child safety, and gender confusion

  Pastors and ministry leaders: Raise your hand if college or seminary prepared you for protecting children from abuse, religious liberty battles or the culture war over gender and sexuality.

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  Aug 23, 2020

  Parents: Is COVID an occasion to inspire the next ‘greatest generation?’

  If you’re a parent of boys, you know that keeping them pent up inside the house for long periods is like trying to keep a kangaroo in a box.