Last week(ish), I gave the first reason I loved being a firebrand conservative in college. This week, it’s on to reason number two: being hardcore conservative made me feel manly. I’ve already documented my…complicated relationship with evangelicals and manliness. For those who didn’t catch it the first time, I talk[…]
Last week, I noted that an overly-cynical approach to manliness “leads to humiliation.” I already told the story about how I tried pretending to be a “Wild at Heart” manly man to impress people. This week is the story of how I pretended to be post-masculinity feminist to impress people.[…]
Evangelicals are in a manliness crisis! The problem permeates our whole view of Christianity, and we all know it. The evangelical church in America has become too– My guess is half of you would say the church is too macho, and the other half would say it isn’t macho enough.[…]
I’m a youth pastor connoisseur. Between high school chapels, youth groups, and special retreat speakers, I’ve seen every type imaginable. Some were good–even when I was a sneering cynic, I still liked my high school youth pastor1. Others youth pastors were…less good. Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching a lot[…]
Wild at Heart ruined college for me. Actually, it was one phrase from the book. I’ve been turning it over in my head for a decade, and I still can’t make sense of it: “He’s dangerous, but in a good way.” John Eldridge claimed this is what every woman wants[…]