Wolf & Iron | Feed the Wolf. Be the Iron.

There are relatively few changes I've made in my life that have made a drastic improvement in my quality of life. Most of the time it has been small, incremental changes that add up over time. But, this one change has truly changed my life.

Working out everyday. Do it. This is my experience from my first 3 months.

As dads, we often spend too much time correcting our kids, managing them, and trying to keep schedules on track. In retrospect, much of our parenting can come from a negative point of view rather than one of encouragement. 

In this episode, I share a personal story from my youth, one that has stayed with me all my life and taught me an important lesson about myself and how I parent.

Many of us are loving the return to physical media and analog wherever we can get it. Yes, give me buttons to push, records and film, sliders, springs, and levers! What's it all about?

In this episode I share some insights as a film photographer and how that might apply to the larger analog resurgence we're seeing.

It's getting weird out there. I've seen it, you've seen it. We've all experienced the decline in customer service over the last several years. The question is, what are we, as men, going to do about it? In this episode I provide a recent and relatable example, as well as some ideas on how we can help the upcoming generation be able to speak to other humans once again.

There has been a lot of talk about aliens lately. Unfortunately, more talk than actual aliens, but it's still a fun topic of discussion, particularly among Christians. Most, if not all, of us have wondered how they would fit within the context of our Christian worldview if they did indeed exist. In this episode I share some different perspectives on this that I've heard over the years.

Many men that didn't serve in the military have a sense of regret or shame. They wonder, do I have what it takes to have been a good soldier, airman, or seaman? Impressed by Hollywood visions of the military, they go through life feeling like they missed out on something incredibly manly. Maybe you did, but maybe not. Here's my take on it and some thoughts on how you can still challenges yourself as a civilian.

We've grown too accustomed to treating nature like a supplement instead of recognizing it as the most natural standard of our being. In this episode I talk to those dealing with anxiety, some of the reasons it has increased in modern times, and how nature can help heal it.

Navigating in-laws or your own parents involvement in a newly married relationship can be a challenge. We're called to honor our mother and father and certainly that extends into adulthood. But we also called to leave and cleave as it were to our new family. As men, it's our responsibility to lead those dynamics and ensure boundaries of our new primary family are honored.

Unlike the way social media portrays success, for those of us who life in reality life has a lot of ups and downs and unexpected twists. As men, we need to respond to those as gracefully as possible without completely losing our perspective on the bigger picture.

The history of achievement is the history of skeptics buried with their disbeliefs, nameless and unknown to the common man who daily enjoys the fruits of the visionary.

My generation, Gen X and Xennials, are still thinking that our lifespan will be around 100 years old, with the latter years not being so great. It's time to change that perspective and start preparing for a much longer lifespan than our parents and grandcestors.

Just when I dared to hope that wokeness was on it's final breath, I experienced it in both subtle and not so subtle ways in a group of Christians. Third Way Christianity is something we need to be very aware of.

Giving advice or tough feedback doesn't always go as planned. Many men avoid it altogether until it absolutely has to be addressed. In this episode, I'll share some tips on how to give tough love that has helped me in many instances over the years.

There is a modern trend toward cynicism and it's not just old guys on their porches yelling about teenagers. It's an infectious mindset that settles in and robs us of our joy in life.