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Summary: Every father a jerk, every son a victim?
Review: Subtitled HEALING THE FATHER-WOUND IN MEN TODAY, Dalbey's premise is that the average man today does not reach out to his son or daughter because his own father never demonstrated how. This lack of communication of feeling leaves what Dalbey calls a MASSIVE SNOW BALL OF PAIN that is ready to crush both father and child alike. The answer, according to Dalbey is found in Jesus who came to restore relationship with the Father, to remind men abandoned and unfathered for generations that they are beloved sons. Although I will take issue with Dalbey, he does put his finger on a problem in America, the absence of fathering. This was demonstrated in our own church when doing a Alpha Group meeting which just happened to be on Fathers Day fully one half of our group did not want to share memories of their fathers, it was just too painful. Yet, despite areas of brilliance, I had to force myself to finish this book. Are all dads jerks and are all men wounded? Let us suppose for a moment that all dads are jerks and all sons are wounded, does it necessary follow that this generational curse will be passed on unchecked? Can some manly guy rise up through the power of the Holy Spirit, reject the cult of victimhood and be the man and the father God meant him to be? Robert Hicks critiques Dalbeys cult of victimhood in his book THE MASCULINE JOURNEY: I am not so sure that all men are lost in the male experience, but I do know that many men are for the first time becoming more aware of their woundedness they have experienced in jobs, failed marriages, addictions and their own families of origin. Contrary to Dalbey, Hicks sees men on a masculine journey from The Noble Savage to The Fulfilled male. I really do not see how crying into our hankies, beating drums,and lamenting our woundedness is going to make us better men. Perhaps John Wayne was right: Stand up, act like a man.
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Summary: Every father a jerk, every son a victim?
Review: Subtitled HEALING THE FATHER-WOUND IN MEN TODAY, Dalbey's premise is that the average man today does not reach out to his son or daughter because his own father never demonstrated how. This lack of communication of feeling leaves what Dalbey calls a MASSIVE SNOW BALL OF PAIN that is ready to crush both father and child alike. The answer, according to Dalbey is found in Jesus who came to restore relationship with the Father, to remind men abandoned and unfathered for generations that they are beloved sons. Although I will take issue with Dalbey, he does put his finger on a problem in America, the absence of fathering. This was demonstrated in our own church when doing a Alpha Group meeting which just happened to be on Fathers Day fully one half of our group did not want to share memories of their fathers, it was just too painful. Yet, despite areas of brilliance, I had to force myself to finish this book. Are all dads jerks and are all men wounded? Let us suppose for a moment that all dads are jerks and all sons are wounded, does it necessary follow that this generational curse will be passed on unchecked? Can some manly guy rise up through the power of the Holy Spirit, reject the cult of victimhood and be the man and the father God meant him to be? Robert Hicks critiques Dalbeys cult of victimhood in his book THE MASCULINE JOURNEY: I am not so sure that all men are lost in the male experience, but I do know that many men are for the first time becoming more aware of their woundedness they have experienced in jobs, failed marriages, addictions and their own families of origin. Contrary to Dalbey, Hicks sees men on a masculine journey from The Noble Savage to The Fulfilled male. I really do not see how crying into our hankies, beating drums,and lamenting our woundedness is going to make us better men. Perhaps John Wayne was right: Stand up, act like a man.
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Summary: A great book flawed with character of a "vinyard church"
Review: This is a great book well written with a godly view on work and with insightful theology diffused through. It gives me the feeling that the author attacked the central theme of "seven habits of most effective people". If so, it is a great job done. However, the vivid character of a "vinyard church" or "vinyard movement" invoke people's doubt.
Rating:
Summary: A great book flawed with character of a "vinyard church"
Review: This is a great book well written with a godly view on work and with insightful theology diffused through. It gives me the feeling that the author attacked the central theme of "seven habits of most effective people". If so, it is a great job done. However, the vivid character of a "vinyard church" or "vinyard movement" invoke people's doubt.
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