What Men Get Wrong About Headship
The concept of male headship in marriage is one of the most misunderstood ideas in traditional household teaching. Most men who claim it are doing it wrong.
Topic
Deed & Creed
A collection of 43 issues
The Covenant Model vs. the Consumer Model of Marriage
Two men can be married. One is in a covenant. One is in a consumer relationship. The difference between them determines everything that follows.
The Man Before the Mirror: Final Accounting
Formation requires periodic honest accounting. Not self-criticism, not self-congratulation, but the clear-eyed assessment of where you actually are and what the next season requires.
When Discipline Becomes Performance
There is a point at which discipline becomes performance — where the form is maintained for its image rather than its substance. This is how to recognize that shift.
The Seasons of Discipline: Formation Changes as You Age
Discipline looks different at 22 than at 42 than at 62. The man still applying his 25-year-old formation template at 50 has missed something important about how formation works.
What the Navy Taught About Discipline Before Rank
Military service compresses the development of discipline without title into a specific and observable formation sequence. This is what that sequence actually produces.
The Apprentice Mentality in a World of Shortcuts
The apprentice mentality — patient, attentive, willing to be a beginner for as long as mastery requires — is the most undervalued formation posture available to a man.
You Are Not in Charge Yet. Your Standard Is.
Most men wait for authority before applying their full standard. The man who is building something does not wait. His standard operates regardless of his title.
The Interior Architecture of an Accountable Man
Genuine accountability is built from specific interior structures. This is a complete portrait of what those structures look like in a man who has done the work.
The Man Who Apologizes Well
A genuine apology is among the hardest things a man can produce. Most men who believe they apologize well are producing something that only resembles it.