Our modern culture is the victim of a deficit of Manhood. Not just masculinity, but manhood. We’re lacking mature men who are more than just big kids. Men we can count on. Men with purpose. Men who will lead us out of the dark.
Instead we’re stuck with a generation of overgrown boys, playing video games and shirking the responsibility of family.
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Today is the annual Bataan Memorial Death March, a 26.2-mile race through the New Mexico Desert at White Sands Missile Range. It commemorates the long, grueling forced march of American POWs through the Philippine jungle in 1942. The story of these soldiers was commemorated in the book Ghost Soldiers and the movie The Great Raid.
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Recently, a British soldier had to make a quick choice when a grenade landed on the rooftop where he and his commander were fighting. During an intense firefight in Afghanistan, a grenade came flying up from the ground, hit is commander in the chest and fell at their feet. Rifleman James McKie didn’t have much time to think. “I’ve really only got one chance to do this,” he said to himself. Then he did something pretty amazing. Read more →
George Orwell said, “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” We live in an age where fighting is assumed to be bad, when in fact, there are good men out there who are able and willing to do combat to protect others. What’s the difference between those who harm for Good and those who harm for Evil?
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Ray Vivier was finally buried this week. He perished in a fire set by arsonists after saving the lives of five people inside the house. He is most definitely a hero, but his story caught my attention, not because of how he lived, but because of the stark contrast between how he lived and how he will be remembered. Read more →
