Viceroy: Time&Materials: Recent Episodes
Viceroy
A reading from the monthly download 'Time & Materials' for guys who like to use their ears instead of their eyeballs.
We're talking about the loss of community, public space, and play - all washed out in the digital tides. Good thing our kids have a different destiny!
On how to engage with older men and pull insights from them. We also discuss how NOT to engage with older men. It's a bit of an art, really. Gotta pay attention and keep at it - get through some reps.
Two old guys talk through an introduction to spiritual fathering - what it is, why we need it, why it's in such short supply.
Even if I really wanted to shoot cats, like if I had a great reason - I couldn't. Governing a house and raising multi-generational, thriving families means we have to think asymmetrically and stay innovative. We have to problem solve and never assume the conventional, well-trodden pathways are the correct route. Sometimes - we run up against well-entrenched barriers and immovable barricades. That's just part of it, guy. We have to work within boundaries, but hack our way through just the same.
File under: stuff married men should know and think about.
Emotional intimacy and physical sex are two wonderful aspects of a warm, life-giving marriage. The difficulty seems to hinge on how these two forces seem to move or fail to move in a coordinate motion. When it works - it works. When it fails - it really fails. Frustration is the most common result.
IF, however ....and this is a big IF...you can get a nice fire tornado moving, then brother - it can really warm up the place. Many guys are surprised to discover that a HUSBAND needs to be the prime-mover in this dynamic. Initiating emotional connection/intimacy is the first motion that might just get something moving in the right direction. Men need to govern the spin - the spin of the Fire Tornado.
We pull everything out of the backpack and lay it all out on the table. Here's where you bail or stick around for whatever happens next.
This edition focusses on what you're building and how to build operations with a Kingdom mindset. Little pagan interns should enter your operation, grow to lead entire teams, and become elders in the local church. All that is possible if you know what you're doing. And - yes, I tuck into a tiny hall closet next to my office to make these recordings, that's why it sounds like that.
Old happy marriages are rare and worth a mint. Here is an exploration of what that marriage is for, why it matters so much, and what you can do to cultivate a healthy 'wife vine' that gets better with age.