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Unrealized potential
It is time for men to embrace our capacity to care for people without applause.
Helping incarcerated men see their own worth
“My goal is to teach men to love themselves,” says Men’s Workshop founder James Enoch Banks, “so they can love others.”
Pop culture often reduces men to testosterone, with little room to acknowledge themselves as God’s image bearers. But there are glimmers of hope.
by Beth Felker Jones
Men and the church are often at odds. Sadly, many of the reasons researchers give for this are as insulting as they are misguided.