Raising Your Vibration
by Jim Donovan Much of what we are experiencing on the planet now has to do with a push towards exponential human evolution. Though your condition has always been one of consistent change, the time has come for that change to happen more rapidly. As we all know, our reactions to change are often accompanied by resistance. This resistance is your natural defense mechanism designed to keep you safe. The paradox is that to evolve...
The Boy Game – Bullies, Victims and Bystanders
by Boysen Hodgson Deirdre Fishel, the producer / director for “The Boy Game” contacted me through the MKP Facebook page about this project. It’s a powerful and interactive look at the complexity of bullying, from multiple perspectives. From the project web site: The culture of toughness promoted in the media, by many coaches and even by some parents, equates masculinity with being silent and tough. Any other emotions...
It’s not the End of Men, it’s the End of Forgetting
A ManKind Project Elder is Murdered, New Warriors across the country mourn the murder of Will Norman, Powerful Bull by Rick Borutta Will Norman was 76. He was a retired principal living in Florida, a father of two, and a volunteer for youth and church groups. He was a member of the I-Group Gulf Coast Warriors. On Thursday, July 5th, his body was found floating in a canal, the apparent victim of a homicide. The two suspects were...
Departures
Daigo Kobayashi lives with his wife Mika in Tokyo. He plays the cello in a struggling symphonic orchestra. As the movie opens, the orchestra where he plays for a living is disbanded by the owner. Daigo’s dreams are crushed. He was going to be a famous musician and the concert halls of the world were […]
Little Princes
Lest you fear that this might be just another chronicle of do-good activity in a distant part of the world, let me assure you that it’s also an extraordinarily compelling human drama.
Cultivating a Fatherly Heart on Father’s Day
This is an excerpt of a reflection I gave for the Father’s Day service at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County. It was part of a series of reflections by members of their men’s group. As a man who … Continue reading →
Is Your Relationship Sufficient?
Do you feel your relationship is sufficient? Do you even have a sense of what that would mean, look like, or feel like? If you’re not feeling happy in your relationship, what do you feel is missing? How do you want your partner to change to be able to feel more like you have the […]
Confessions of a Porn Zombie
by Kevin Behan “Poooooooooorrrrrrn . . . . . Pooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnn ….. Porrrnnnnnnnn ….” . . . I grunted as my lifeless corpse limped closer to what it needed most. Shuffling, slow, and primal I fixed my gaze on the “food” glowing off my computer screen, . . . calling me . . . I called back, “poooorrrrrrrnnnn.” Now sweating, my heart beating faster then it did all day all day, I knew relief was coming, that I would feel again....
The Firehose Technique
In yesterday’s US mail, I received 6 offers for new credit cards. You’d think the banks, hotels, and airlines making their pitches would do a better job of coordinating their timing with each other. Each offering had its own selling points: Get 10% cash back for the first 90 days! Sign up and get a […]
Dads Alone: Men choosing to raise children without a partner
by Ravenspen We have all heard of ‘single moms’, some of them by choice, others having to raise children without the benefit of a partner. But a growing phenomenon in the world is men, straight and gay, who are choosing to create families for themselves despite being single. Jennifer Ludden, in a report broadcast on National Public Radio, describes this new development. Ludden’s story tells of the experience of B.J....
What Dad Taught Me
by Matthew Alexander Sloane In considering how to be a good father, I’d have to speak from no experience, because I don’t yet have children. Even if I’ve cultivated a sort of “inner-father” to myself after leaving home. So, in honor of Father’s Day, I want to share what I learned from my father that I choose to emulate—today and in anticipation of having children of my own. Here’s the top 10 of what I say to myself… thanks to my...
October Poem: #1 for DAD
by Qutbuddin Loren Ruh Smith Hey! Dad! How long’s it been? How long’s it been since we’ve talked? Huh! How long? And there’s more distance between us now, than there is time, isn’t there? Dad? Dad? Can you hear me? We never did talk much did we? Dad? Oh yes! In my 40th year, on that hillside we reached out to one another you came from over there I from my meditation we crossed the void in mutual...
Building Gift Community: An Exciting Learning Opportunity
Do you feel you have done your “inner work”? Are you ready to explore the DEEPER challenges of building a new kind of cultural community? Do you seek a ‘fresh approach’ to collaboration between men and women to build the support base needed for taking action to change the world? Here’s a Great Place to Start… Bill Kauth, one of the co-founders of the ManKind Project will, with Zoe Alowan, be holding...
Fathers and Sons: a Poem
by Don Waxman every son who struggles for acceptance from his father will become the father who struggles to accept his son when men gather, each becomes this son, and each becomes the father to this son, and for those who never had a father, or who had several, the path is the same, father and son are two faces of the same coin, the price you pay in suffering and love to become the man you are August 29, 2007 Don Waxman, Licensed...
For Julian – 20 Things I Wish I’d Known at Age Sixteen
As Father’s Day approaches, those of us who are fathers may remember advice we gave as a parent. All of us may remember what advice we got from our own dads. Some of us may also recall pieces of advice we wish we’d paid more attention to at the time. Dr. Charles Maclean sends us this ‘wisdom list’ that he wishes in retrospect he’d heard and followed some years ago, which he dedicates to a neighbor boy who...
Honoring an Elder, Michael Meade
Fatherhood is, ideally, a form of mentor hood. Our Elders are our mentors and, by extension, also our Fathers. G. Kamana Hunter, Mohawk healer, finds that mentoring from an elder is a two way process. by G. Kamana Hunter It would be my first time meeting Michael Meade, a pioneer who’s work has sought to bring viable mentorship back to modern society. By studying the rites of passage and rich myths from many ancient cultures, he...
Review: ‘Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience’
Millennial madness is with us again as December 2012 looms and, with it, the end of the world as we know it, as "predicted" by the Mayan calendar. It’s a good moment, then, to take note of Richard Landes’ Heaven on Earth.
“Poetry for Men” and Other Problematic Labels
Rick Belden finds that labeling his poetry only limits the reader’s expectations. by Rick Belden I’m not crazy about labels, but I understand that they can be useful and necessary in helping us sort through the mass of information to which we’re all constantly exposed. For some time now, I’ve been struggling with the problem of how best to characterize my writing, as a way of introduction for those who haven’t seen it. Is it poetry...
A Film called “Being a Man”
by Owen Marcus How did you discover men’s work? Through a friend? A book? A therapist? There are a lot of ways to learn about it, but I doubt you heard about it through mainstream media. That’s finally changing. Suddenly, men’s work is cool – so there it’s getting some media coverage, and even a documentary film about itThe men of Sandpoint Men’s Group volunteered to be filmed by a woman who’s asking the question, what is a man? After...
Hold on to your nuts, Elders.
by Terry Jones To launch an elder journey can means for many taking a big risk. The risks include: having confidence in your wisdom, cutting back on travel and play to allow time to serve, celebrating your long life rather than whining about it, trusting that embracing elderhood is not the same as admitting you are an impotent old man, facing the bias toward the aging, doing the personal healing necessary to allow us to be in...
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