This is unlikely to be my last post on this book; Why Men Hate Going to Church - David Murrow.
There's a good link to some of it's key points here. Some good background reading on the issues raised is at church for men.
I have not yet finished reading the book but it already has provoked quite a reaction in me. Mostly that it's very frustrating and I'd like to throw it away or shred it! I'm struggling to read it partly because I don't like how it's written, partly because the pace of the book is slow and therefore frustrating and partly because I cannot decide what I think about it.
It's either a genius piece of research and commissioning or it's awful rubbish interspersed with a few genuinely useful points. At least David Murrow doesn't present it as a 'complete' work.
I don't wish to be rude about it, but because it focuses so heavily on men, and I believe in family and the usefulness of the unique skills of both of the sexes, it's hard to keep pushing on. I just hope it delivers on it promises.
I'm reminded of a phrase I used to find helpful (I may have coined it, or not)
Feminism stole my masculinity and I want it back!
There's a good link to some of it's key points here. Some good background reading on the issues raised is at church for men.
I have not yet finished reading the book but it already has provoked quite a reaction in me. Mostly that it's very frustrating and I'd like to throw it away or shred it! I'm struggling to read it partly because I don't like how it's written, partly because the pace of the book is slow and therefore frustrating and partly because I cannot decide what I think about it.
It's either a genius piece of research and commissioning or it's awful rubbish interspersed with a few genuinely useful points. At least David Murrow doesn't present it as a 'complete' work.
I don't wish to be rude about it, but because it focuses so heavily on men, and I believe in family and the usefulness of the unique skills of both of the sexes, it's hard to keep pushing on. I just hope it delivers on it promises.
I'm reminded of a phrase I used to find helpful (I may have coined it, or not)
Feminism stole my masculinity and I want it back!
Anyone else read it?
The church in the west has to face the fact that western culture has no passage into manhood – the Jews have the bar-mitzvah and the Masai warriors call out their boys to be trained as men. We have a society where men beat their wives and get their girlfriends pregnant and take no responsibility – manhood in the west is broken and the Church has to face up to it. Personally I’m very secure in my manhood and image – I wear pink ties and can do more press-ups than my wife. All joking aside equality is not the issue it’s about allowing women to be fully who they are and not held back. Same for men – they need to shown what manhood is and allowed to walk in it.
ReplyDeleteThat's all true, but I think I'm wondering how we make church accessible for those guys AND help them transistion in to 'men'.
ReplyDeleteI have some words for you... not sure if they are what you are looking for... also working through another one.
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