NEWS FROM THE FRONT

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.

We read in Acts 4:36 that Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement), sold a field he

“Be Prepared” is not just a great Boy Scout motto—it is a worthy motto for men of valor, too! The Bible tells us many times

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.