No More Christian Nice Guy, written by Paul Coughlin, is one of the three books that I’m currently reading (the other two being: Christian Wisdom of the Jedi Masters by Dick Staub and Every Man’s Battle by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker). This TED Talk below is one of the resources Coughlin uses in his sixth chapter. Men, I highly encourage you to check it out, and to see what Joe Ehrman says of how we can counter society’s view, of what it means to be a man:
Last night, I watched I Am Dragon, or Он – дракон (On – Drakón) as it’s said in Russian. It’s a “Beauty and a Beast” tale involving a girl named Mira. She is the daughter of a duke who is stolen by a dragon on her wedding day, just before she is wed to Igor, the grandson of a dragon slayer. She is taken to an island, made of the bones of a giant ancient dragon, where she meets a man by the name of Arman. It doesn’t take long for Mira to discover that Arman is, in fact, the dragon who kidnapped her. Unable to fly her off the island without killing her, Mira is trapped. Surrounded by ocean, she learns both how to live with this man and how to love a dragon.
It is a beautiful film with spectacular imagery. But other than that and the heartstring-plucking story, this movie also has another hidden gem. Continue reading
Happy Day of Encouragement!
Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.
One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up.
As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, and that what he was doing was not dancing at all. The young man was reaching down to the shore, picking up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean. Continue reading
Life is like:
Forging Our Stories 