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Intentionality - Success or Failure??
Well, we had the rite of passage for Josh this past Friday. It is over, and I still can’t decide what to call it. It has been called a manhood ceremony, a transition from childhood, a milestone, a rite of passage. Mostly, I have just called it the event.
We had ten guys take time from their families on a Friday night to show up and encourage Josh towards adulthood. My dad and cousin were there. The youth pastor for the youth group that Josh goes to, and seven guys from church, including the pastor and most of the leadership team. Most of these guys have kids of their own; they all are married; and, they all care enough about Josh to show up, encourage him, give him advice, and pray for him. As Josh’s dad, I thought it was amazing as I sat and listened as each of the guys spoke to Josh about how proud they were of him, and gave him a little advice for the coming teenage years.
Intentionality - Marking the Transition from Childhood
About a week and a half ago, I posted about my plans to help bring my son from childhood to manhood. Tonight, we talked about the ceremony together. I explained to him the purposes of the ceremony:
- Mark his transition away from childhood and into young adulthood
- Define what it means to be a man and encourage him to that goal
- Chart a course for his becoming a man, including goals for the next year and beyond.
- Help him identify more closely with the men in his life than he has in the past, to begin the transition toward identifying with them as peers when he is an adult.
Intentionality - Teaching My Girls How to Date
The other day, I blogged about my efforts to be intentional in helping my son become a man. The same applies to my girls. However, as they are younger, the issues are little more basic. The girls are 10 ½ and 7. Naturally, at those ages it is time to teach them about dating, right?
Intentionality - Raising a Godly Man
My son will be a teenager in less than a month. I have been working for the last couple of years to figure out how to grow him into a man. I am still trying to figure out rites of passage.
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