Our colleague, Dr. Jed Diamond, wrote a powerful blog post recently that begins:  “It’s good we recognize that not all humans are either XX or XY, but we shouldn’t forget that the exceptions are few. According to the World Health Organization, humans are born with 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs. The X and Y chromosomes determine a person’s sex. Most women are 46XX and most men are 46XY. “Research suggests …

Early bird registration is open for our January 2020 Winter Training Institute!  We will all be together at Lovett Middle School, a Gurian Model School, in Atlanta, Georgia for learning, networking and lots of fun, too. A fully tech-modern facility, Lovett also has beautiful grounds on which to relax and process, and it is only about a half hour away from the Atlanta airport.   Our deep thanks to Principal Debbie …

Gaming is popular, but do we use it to teach maturity? If not, why not? Should boys just be gaming without adult input? To me, videogames are not just games but potential maturation tools because they already deal with themes of character development and manhood at their core. Every videogame—even ones that we might find despicable, like Grand Theft Auto—can become assets in a boy’s moral development, but we MUST discuss the games …

We are very proud of our partnership with Dr. Gregory Jantz, Founder of The Center, A Place of Hope, as well as our partnership with the Center itself, located in Edmonds, WA, a suburb of Seattle.  Dr. Jantz and his wife, Lafon, founded the Center more than 30 years ago to be a premier facility for mental health treatment.  The Center delivers.  If you go to www.aplaceofhope.com, you’ll see testimonials …

Just under a decade ago, I met Fr. William Watson, the founder of the Sacred Story Institute in Seattle, WA.  When we met to discuss our mutual work, we realized that we had actually known one another, at least in passing, decades before when we were both at Gonzaga University in Spokane, he as a professor and administrator, and me as an instructor.  We also realized our mutual commitment to …

We are proud to announce that we will be holding a Winter Training Institute in the Southeast again.  YOU made this happen!  For the last two years we’ve received phone calls, emails, and personal requests from many of you that we provide a Winter Training Institute like the one we provided in Tampa, Florida for four years, and like our Summer Institute in June in California.   Thank you for …