Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 and Matthew 20:20-28
This book grew out of that very personal search for a life more deeply planted in the word of Jesus Christ, for a life of devoted discipleship, a life where my heart’s home is the dwelling of God. It is a search for a life of deeper truth-telling about myself to myself and to God. It is, at its core, a search to live out the Path of Jesus in the midst of the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century.
In order to be a twenty-first century man who desired to pattern and shape his life after the example of Jesus, I realized that I needed to return first and foremost to his life and teachings and see if there was something he said that directly addressed what it means to follow him as a man. I started to read the Gospels more carefully, paying attention to when it was apparent he was talking to his male disciples, and when he was addressing larger groups of disciples, some of whom were women as well as men. What I discovered was not only a scathing indictment of the relationships between men and women in our homes and our society, but, more significantly, I uncovered what I believe to be a clear demonstration of a specifically male spirituality, based in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.
