Monday, August 31, 2009
Men and Sports
I couldn't help read "NFL teams tackle recession" and remember my college football experience. Here's a good quote:
Anyway, sad to see that modern church has no such drawing power: season ticket holder of a church seat? Won't that be something?
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"I swore to myself if I ever got Redskins season tickets, I'd do everything in my power to keep them," Gonter said.And I can relate to that feeling (if money wasn't an issue: I'd rather buy many other things for the same amount, so don't expect me to be at a football game).
Anyway, sad to see that modern church has no such drawing power: season ticket holder of a church seat? Won't that be something?
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Church for men
I saw a blurb on Church for Men on NBC, and I like the idea of a clock running down just like in basketball game (in fact the church was held in a basket ball gym).
I was, however, disappointed to hear that their goal is to put those men into regular church. Argh!
That's not what I would look for in a church. It's got to be men-based because without it, women will butt in and have their insidious inputs. No wonder New Testament says the women need to keep silent: 1 Timothy 2:11-14 and 1 Corinthians 14:33-35, for starers....
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I was, however, disappointed to hear that their goal is to put those men into regular church. Argh!
That's not what I would look for in a church. It's got to be men-based because without it, women will butt in and have their insidious inputs. No wonder New Testament says the women need to keep silent: 1 Timothy 2:11-14 and 1 Corinthians 14:33-35, for starers....
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Labels: church, men-focused church
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Gang: how not to fight back
"Youths learn skills to resist lure of gangs" talks about being trained to resist gang recruitment.
However, they miss the point of gang's appeal. It's about finding a place in the world as men [for young men and old(er) boys] and gang offers a sense of belonging ("virtual family") and adventure (doing manly things even if it was illegal or all the more reason if the act was illegal) and some goal (say, expanding the gang family). Unless something like a real church can draw them in, the lost boys will remain lost.
As The Anointed One puts it:
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However, they miss the point of gang's appeal. It's about finding a place in the world as men [for young men and old(er) boys] and gang offers a sense of belonging ("virtual family") and adventure (doing manly things even if it was illegal or all the more reason if the act was illegal) and some goal (say, expanding the gang family). Unless something like a real church can draw them in, the lost boys will remain lost.
As The Anointed One puts it:
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost. [Luke 19:10]Question for me is, how to show my sons The Way and, all the more importantly, the Way Maker....
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Labels: anti-gang, church, fatherhood, gangs
