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What is a Man?
Join us March 31st in Central, VA for our annual Tabernacle Event! Click here to sign up. Reach out if you want to try Titans - Our new...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 20238 min read
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Into the Unknown: Adventure in the Church
Chicken Or The Egg? In our last newsletter, we talked about the history of church and masculinity. Today, we turn to the Sunday Schools...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 20236 min read
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Manhood in the Church
Upcoming Events Join us the weekend of March 31st for our annual Father-Son Retreat. Help us start a sports ministry at your church with...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 20238 min read
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Rites of Passage
In the beginning of this story on affirming boys in manhood, it was just a group of men going to the mountains with their sons. ...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 20237 min read
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Our Solutions Coming in 2023
BLUF We are piloting programs for our two experiences in 2023. Click here to view our website (still in beta). Click here to donate to...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 20238 min read
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Our Manifesto
Tolkien One of my favorite lines in all literature is from J.R.R. Tolkein’s, “The Hobbit”. It is the place where Bilbo Baggins steps out...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 20236 min read
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Competency & Learning Objectives
We’re getting closer to the end of the philosophical discussion around the problem of ‘lost boys’. That’s the good news. The bad news is...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 20235 min read
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Spiritual Formation In Children Pt. 2
Review In our last newsletter/podcast, we talked about spiritual formation in ages 5-12 and highlighted the idea known as the age of...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 20236 min read
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Philosophy of Spiritual Formation
It’s time to start looking into the spiritual formation of boys and how we effectively grow or develop into spiritual beings. It’s the...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 20238 min read
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Why "Treign" Up?
The bulk of our letters thus far focused on identifying the problem statement and its root causes. Here’s what we have so far: Treign Up...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 202311 min read
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Denial of Biblical Manhood
In this podcast, we will look at the third (and final) reason that boys are lost in today’s culture: Distortion and denial around...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 202313 min read
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Education is Failing Boys
In our last podcast, we addressed the primary cause of the boy crisis in America as deprivation of intentional fathers in a nuclear...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 202310 min read
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Dad Deprivation
THIS is not about THIS As we begin our search for ways to address the problems of boys in crisis, we need to start with a disclaimer; an...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 202310 min read
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Treign Up Intro
I never imagined I would start a project like this. Really, it was never on my radar. The first time the thought even crossed my mind...
Ben Smith
Mar 7, 202315 min read
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