The Hand on a Boy’s Shoulder
A father needs to break the cultural silence about manhood for a boy to hear his call and take the steps to becoming a man.
A father needs to break the cultural silence about manhood for a boy to hear his call and take the steps to becoming a man.
Here is a secret: Every boy begins with doubt that he is man. The Biblical story of the young Samuel “growing in stature” pictures maturing to manhood for us.
(Another Scenic Overlook from enGendered, showing the power of womanliness…) It had been a long time. A long time of dusty desert trails and fearful sprints from danger. He was tired. Tired of running. Tired of not having a home. Most of all, he was tired of maintaining a vision for something that had about as much substance as morning …