This blog post will also serve as Episode 36 of my Podcast.
This Guide is Harmless
I would like to present to you, without any introductions or fanfare, the Harmless Guide to Being a Better Man. This post is meant to be a companion to the upcoming book release and the made-for-TV movie. Well, OK... that part is not true at all.
The Harmless Guide to being a Better Man is, at its core, a two step process. Keep in mind, though, these two steps aren't like the two steps leading up to a comfy patio with a reclining lawn chair... they are more like the two types of steps that one will take to get anywhere: a step with the right foot and a step with the left foot. In other words, these two steps aren't a "1 and 2 and ... done!" They are ongoing, forever progressing, sometimes more difficult (like stairs), sometimes more cautious (like stepping stones across a creek), sometimes changing the rhythm or direction (like when playing a sport), and sometimes with greater effort (like when running).
In honor of my father-in-law, who by the way, actually is a great man, I will apply some of his advice in the typing of this post. He once told me, "K.I.S.S. -- Keep It Simple Stupid." ... and I wasn't even offended that he did it right before I started preaching!
Next Friday (hopefully) I am going to start a Point Man group. I was part of a Point Man group in the past, but it failed miserably. The idea was good, but the participants weren't as genuine and transparent as necessary... including myself. Since that time, more than 6 years ago, I have wanted to be a part of one again, but things weren't pointing that direction, so the desire and the idea remained on the back burner. Now that I am a pastor, and feeling very much like a missionary to Danville, the Point Man concept has moved back up to the front.
by Steve Farrar, and before I even got to the idea, he asked me, "hey, do you think I could buy one of these right now?" We hopped on the computer, steered towards Amazon.com and he made the purchase.