by Craig Jones | Nov 28, 2020 | Craig Jones Notebook, Features, This is Your Legacy
Craig JonesColumnist The language of comparison is often a backdoor way to get at underlying truth. If I say “Legacy is a virus,” I am using a metaphor, not unlike “All the world’s a stage.” If I say “Legacy is like a virus,”...
by Dylan Stewart | Aug 30, 2020 | Asking for Help, Features, North Star Man
Dylan Stewart Columnist When I first found my way into men’s work I was a proud man. I was a single father. I was running a successful business. I didn’t know much, but I knew that I could handle whatever the world could throw at me. I had survived the suicide of my...
by Craig Jones | Aug 27, 2020 | Asking for Help, Craig Jones Notebook, Features
Craig Jones Columnist OK, So I’m not James Bond. My earliest lesson in being taught to ask for help sounded something like this. What a friend we have in JesusAll our sins and griefs to bearWhat a privilege to carryEverything to God in prayer Oh, what peace we...
by Dylan Stewart | Jul 29, 2020 | Features, North Star Man, Whether to Forgive
Dylan Stewart Columnist I was trapped by guilt, trapped by shame in a torture chamber of my own making. In a fortress high above the world with no windows and no doors. Punishing myself every morning. Beating myself every night. Locked in a circle, a cycle of constant...
by Craig Jones | Jul 29, 2020 | Craig Jones Notebook, Features, Whether to Forgive
Craig JonesColumnist Every time I go for a run, I’m grateful for Danny. Every stride, every breath, every mile is infused with his teaching, and he was an asshole to me. Not always, but when he was, it really hurt. Not forgiving him was costing me and shrinking my...
by Fred Boyles | Jun 29, 2020 | Grieving, What Works on a Men's Team?
Fred Boyles MDI Contributor I have been on a men’s team for 31 years, and it has never gotten any easier when a man hides out. I’ve repeatedly told men via phone and texts that if they ever disappear, hide away or go into their proverbial...
