The Jagged Word Field Guide
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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.
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
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
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Dimensions | 0.75 × 6 × 9 in |
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Subjects | HUM003000, REL012060, masculinity, patriarchy, men's studies |
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