The Jagged Word Field Guide To Being A Man
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This collection of essays explores masculinity in an unsystematic way. We''ve found that the various ways we''ve approached masculinity tend to fall into some broad and practical categories in our writing. To be a man means to be free to be what God has already declared we are in Christ-His saved and redeemed men. A man is free; we are free from sin, death, and the power of the devil. Being free, a man is then honored to work for his neighbor''s good, knowing that his closest neighbors are those whom God has placed closest to him in his life-his family. And just as a man speaks to and cares for his own, so also does a man need to be spoken to and cared for at times. He needs the mutual consolation of the brethren, a brotherhood. To put it simply, a man needs good friends. Over and over again, we find praise for fun, the love of good fellowship, good drink, and good smoke.
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PART ONE: FREE TO BE A MAN
The Lost Art of Masculinity • 3
Live as the Men You Are Called to Be • 6 Your Girlfriend Is Stronger than You Are • 10 What Kind of Man Are You? • 13 A Wasted Life? • 17 SCOTT KEITH
We Are Not Descended from Fearful Men • 21 The Masculine Spirit • 25 Manhood and the Totin' Chip • 29 Strapped! • 32 Lessons from a Son • 36 And Then I Made It Home • 39 Spiritual Masturbation and Masculinity • 41 Wall Building as a Christian Virtue • 45 On Receiving Criticism • 48 Growing Old • 52
Want to Be an American Sniper? • 56
PART TWO: WORKING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS
Where Is All the Cool Stuff? • 61 Why Aren't You in School? • 64 Passion Is Overrated • 67 We Don't Need Sports • 69 The Garage vs. the Man Cave • 73 Radiators and Hair Buns • 76 Old Books and New Pulpits • 78 The Granite Never Lies • 81
PART THREE: FAMILY
The Barber Shop • 85 A Little Adversity Can Go a Long Way • 87 You Are Not as Fragile as You Think You Are! • 90 The Worst and Best Seventy-Two Hours of My Life • 93 Send Your Kid to Camp • 96 Allow Your Kids to Do Hard Things • 99 Yes, I Brainwash My Children, and So Do You-So Do It Well • 101 A Healthy Reliance! • 104
Duty vs. Virtue • 107 A Society without Father • 110 Kids Are Too Damn Busy . . . Families Are Too Damn Separated! • 113 Home Sweet Home • 116 The Head of the House • 119 No Father → No Faith? • 122 Nobody Is Happy When a Helicopter Is Hovering over His Head! • 125 The Land of Safe and the Home of the Always Successful • 129 The Ten Commandments of the Modern Parent • 132 Father Absence and a Sibling Society • 135 Happy Wife, Happy Life • 139 Women Weaken Legs! • 144
I Can Dooey It! • 148 To Esther • 152 Scared Shitless • 155 Adultery • 157 Paralyzed by Fear • 160 The Father in the Middle • 162 If God Is Better than My Father, He's Really Good • 165 Through the Father's Eyes • 168 Like Father, Like Son • 172 Father Knows Best • 175 The Awesomest • 179 A Good Father • 182 Father Fails and Forgiveness • 186
PART FOUR: FRIENDSHIP
It's OK That We're Not Friends... I Like It That Way! • 191 Finding My Brother • 194 Guns, Beer, and Biblical Translation • 198 In the Company of Great Men • 201 Dangerous Friendships • 204 A Gathering of Men • 207 The Names I've Forgotten • 210 Mutual Brotherly Consolation and Forgiveness • 213 The Rebellion of Friendship • 217 The Joy of Sex and Church • 220 Welcome to the Rebellion • 223 I Am Frodo Baggins • 226 Friendship • 230
PART FIVE: GOOD SMOKE, GOOD DRINK, AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP
Simple Pleasures, Brotherhood, and Calm Delight • 235 How the Cigar Can Save America • 238 The Argument against Pipe Smoking • 241
Pining for Grandpa • 247 Manhattans, Decorative Swords, and a Mack Truck Ashtray • 250
Bibliography • 255
