Author: The Cross & The Cufflink

Peter Pan Syndrome. While not a true medical diagnosis, it is a term used to describe adult men that are trapped in a perpetual state of adolescence. They are socially immature and struggle to take on adult responsibilities. I’d like to add another syndrome I’ve conceptualized. Mad Max Syndrome. This term describes a man trapped…

Random Thought: Remember if your wife likes sugar in her coffee. There is a principle I like to call The No Sugar Dilemma. Imagine you and your wife have a morning routine. You both grab a cup of coffee and spend a little time together before leaving for work. Every morning like clockwork. And every…

Random Thought: Some men with a father wound can have a chip on their shoulder. There can be a sense of entitlement, as if the world owes them something. I was ruminating on this idea yesterday and realized, in a sense, they are right. They are owed something. They are owed, love, guidance, confirmation and…

Random Thought: While it is important for a Father to provide financially for his son, it is infinitely more important for a Father to prepare a young man for God’s calling on his life. It’s not enough to give a young man a paycheck, you also have to give him a purpose.

Men as we head into the new year I charge all of us that say we are Men of God to be Men of Action. Our faith is not a passive faith. God continually calls us to take decisive action for the call of righteousness: FLEE youthful lust, STUDY to show yourself approved, HIDE your…

Christianity is Conflict. It’s Conflict. I’ve been ruminating on this reality over the last few days. As men of God we are to be standard bearers within a terminally corrupt world. We are to proclaim and display the immovable principles of the Most High in a society that is bent toward Wickedness and Rebellion. By…

Been thinking about fathers lately and the impact they have on a boys life. Or rather how the lack there of affects a growing boy. The idea of father’s not investing in their sons lives vexes my spirit. By abandoning your son either though absence or apathy you’re casting him out into a cruel world…

Being a man is the only occupation where people expect you to be great without the proper training.

Thinking about distraction. Many men use distraction as means to cope with a life they find unliveable. They would rather indulge in entertainment than face the crippling mundanity of their everyday lives. They feel there are no means of meaningful progression so they live out what they perceive as unattainable through mindless entertainment. Pornography takes…