"I grew up going to church. And I hated it." That's not the testimony most dads share with their kids. But the sanitized version—the one that skips the doubt, the boredom, the moments you thought everyone around you was crazy—leaves your children alone when they hit their own wall of unbelief. Here's the problem: you've got a 90-minute documentary's worth of spiritual formation crammed into a 22-second elevator pitch. And you're delivering that same thin version to your five-year-old, your fi...
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"I grew up going to church. And I hated it." That's not the testimony most dads share with their kids. But the sanitized version—the one that skips the doubt, the boredom, the moments you thought everyone around you was crazy—leaves your children alone when they hit their own wall of unbelief. Here's the problem: you've got a 90-minute documentary's worth of spiritual formation crammed into a 22-second elevator pitch. And you're delivering that same thin version to your five-year-old, your fi...
The Therapy Epidemic: When Paid Support Replaces Real Connection
Authentic Masculinity
6 minutes
3 months ago
The Therapy Epidemic: When Paid Support Replaces Real Connection
"Should I go to therapy?" sounds simple until you realize you might be asking the wrong question entirely. What if the normalized path to mental health support has become an escape from something more fundamental you're meant to face? Paying someone for emotional support has become easier than looking a friend in the eye and admitting struggle. This paid vulnerability feels safer than real connection, yet perpetuates the isolation it claims to solve—emotional outsourcing that replaces what fr...
Authentic Masculinity
"I grew up going to church. And I hated it." That's not the testimony most dads share with their kids. But the sanitized version—the one that skips the doubt, the boredom, the moments you thought everyone around you was crazy—leaves your children alone when they hit their own wall of unbelief. Here's the problem: you've got a 90-minute documentary's worth of spiritual formation crammed into a 22-second elevator pitch. And you're delivering that same thin version to your five-year-old, your fi...
