The two greatest gifts a child can receive are a mother’s nurture and a father’s embrace. The father is a boy’s first hero and a girl’s first love and the father who sees this and responds with his embrace gives his child a gift of incalculable value. So much more [Read more]
The best start any dad can give his children in life is to establish a strong bond with them from the very beginning. But the process of bonding with a child in the early weeks can be harder for a dad than for a mom. [Read more]
Things can get really real when you are stuck in the confines of your home for an extended period with your wife and children. But as the most important man in your children’s lives you need to get it right during this tense time. [Read more]
Burning at the core of every child’s heart are some questions that beg to be answered. And the man who needs to answer is their father.Who am I dad? What am I made of? Am I enough dad? Am I strong enough, smart enough, attractive enough? These questions are asked [Read more]
Every great nation, without exception, has been built on three foundation stones: Education, Enterprise and Ethics. And every nation that has fallen, without exception, has fallen because they failed in one or more of these three areas. [Read more]
An excellent life is within reach of everyone. It's not for the exceptionally talented, or lucky, or rich. It's for you. And it starts with a commitment; a commitment to live your life to the full and to maximize the abilities, talents and opportunities you have been given. It’s [Read more]
As fathers we will impact our children’s lives deeply and forever, that is a given, the only choice is whether it will be for good or for bad. The great privilege of fathering is that you have the power to lay the foundation for an emotionally whole and successful life [Read more]
All men have three basic yearnings: purpose, adventure and romance. John Elldredge puts it beautifully in his book Wild at Heart when he writes that every masculine soul needs a battle to fight, an adventure to live and a beauty to rescue. As men we come alive when our souls find [Read more]
My heart sank as I read her Facebook post. Just when I thought I’d dodged this dad shaped bullet her words haul me firmly back into the firing line. [Read more]
The quality of our lives is directly proportional to our commitment to excellence. What a statement! We can directly impact the quality of every aspect of our lives simply by committing to excellence. Our health, wealth and well-being, how much we get out of life, how much we enjoy life, [Read more]
No-one who calls himself a man can sit back while our society is ravaged by toxic masculinity. The opposite of masculinity is not femininity, it’s passivity. All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing. Here are five practical ways every man can become an [Read more]
It’s barely a week into the new year and already so many of the heartfelt resolutions that sounded so good on 1st January are starting to feel a little onerous. And if we’re really honest with ourselves we know many of them won’t last. Why does this happen every year? [Read more]
Yet another daughter of our land brutalized at the hands of broken manhood. And another. And another. Another precious daughter, sister, mother, aunt savaged by the scourge of toxic masculinity. The deplorable evil we call gender based violence has made itself visible in a way which no man can ignore. [Read more]
“Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.” – G. K. Chesterton It’s astounding how frequently men will risk complete compromise of their values, their marriage and their reputation to pursue a short-term enticement. We joke that men have two heads and only enough [Read more]
Our future lies in the hands of our children and in our hands lies the future of our children. It sounds like a riddle but it’s really quite simple; how well we raise the world’s children will determine the quality of our future on earth. The most important contribution any [Read more]