tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post6903311859734139029..comments2023-06-20T06:34:12.073-07:00Comments on <b>MAN-MAKING BLOG</b>: Why Men Don'tUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-16321671695386291112007-12-04T12:34:00.000-07:002007-12-04T12:34:00.000-07:00Your Man-Making article is great Earl, Thanks.My n...Your Man-Making article is great Earl, Thanks.<BR/><BR/>My name is Joe and I live in sunny Western Australia, Perth. I was just forwarded your article by a fellow “Pathways” leader. The Pathways Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that has been going for 12 or so years here in Australia. We take boys 12 – 15 years with their dad or other significant male and create a rite of passage into young manhood. The pathways camps are booked up, in WA, months ahead of schedule. We take 16 boys maximum, and we have a staff of around 16 (including some women facilitators who work with the mums).<BR/><BR/>There are also ‘Mankind Project’ warrior weekends and subsequent “I groups.” In the last year 150 men have been initiated here in WA and the momentum is growing. Here are the links to these organizations: www.pathwaysfoundation.com.au and www.mkpau.org. All in all men’s work is going well here.<BR/><BR/>I agree with your article that it is a sad indictment of society when so many men allow fear to stop them from acting in a way that will bring about a transformation of men, boys, and our “civilization.”<BR/> <BR/>I’d like to see some coordination of efforts like these worldwide. I’m sure there are many men doing work and getting nowhere quickly, and then getting discouraged or worse just giving up with burn out.<BR/><BR/>Blessings - JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-40246872942899583842007-11-28T19:21:00.000-07:002007-11-28T19:21:00.000-07:00I heard a story the other day that fits with this ...I heard a story the other day that fits with this post. You have most likely heard it before ……<BR/><BR/>A father, paging through a magazine one day, came across a map of the world. He thought this would be great to give to his 6 year old son as a puzzle, so he cut the page into lots of pieces, and asked his son to put it together. He figured that it would take quite a while and was proud that he could give his son a decent challenge. <BR/><BR/>The boy was up to the challenge, and 10 minutes later proudly told his father that he had finished it. The amazed father could not believe that he could have finished something that should have taken hours. When he asked the boy how he finished it so quickly, his son replied,” I found a picture of a man on the other side. As soon as I fixed the man, I found that the world was also fixed”.<BR/><BR/>That illustration has helped me to make sure I let my children see me maintaining my integrity with them and with life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com