NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Men often face a web of silent struggles—substance use, untreated mental illness, shame, and a reluctance to seek help. Loneliness is a hidden force behind many of these battles.

People often celebrate a mother’s nurturing heart but seldom do they speak of a man’s protective heart. Yet both instincts are stamped into our design. One creates safety through embrace, the other through presence, vigilance, and sacrifice. Protection isn’t dominance — it’s love with a backbone.

We are so busy! We are so caught up in tasks.

In a world that races toward tomorrow and clings to yesterday, the present moment often slips through our fingers unnoticed. We live in anticipation—planning, striving, worrying—or in memory, replaying regrets or reliving glories. In our quest to lead, protect, and provide, we can become men consumed by future plans or haunted by past mistakes.

All over the world men tell us they see decay in their culture and crave to understand God’s mission for them as husbands, fathers, and church and community leaders.

This Christmas, let’s give gifts beyond those that need batteries, whose parts wear out, whose color might be the wrong choice, whose size will be outgrown.

Every man wants to improve, to become better: to grow. Every man wants to do something that makes a difference. He wants to have an impact, to do something that matters: to serve.

Given the current state of our nation and world, it’s clear that people are still confused about what God wants.

Resurrection Day is almost upon us. It’s a day of celebration! He lives! But the celebration would not have occurred unless Jesus suffered and died.

When Satan tempted Jesus, telling Him to prove He was the Son of God by telling a stone to become bread after He had fasted,