An Introduction

 These are crazy times, and so much of what we assumed we knew seems to be up for grabs. In the midst of it all, men are struggling. From one side, there's a lot of anger, even hatred of men, which perhaps is understandable, but isn't helping anything. And from the other side, what it means to be a man is taking a huge step back to authoritarian ways of being.

The generative masculinity we saw in patriarchs such as Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu, Jackie Robinson, Lincoln, Washington, Merton, Einstein, Thich Nhat Hanh, Gandhi, Francis, Jesus, those kinds of men seem in short supply today. And their brands of masculinity would be questioned by today's male role models who emphasize domination as the quintessential quality of manhood.

But in the midst of this, there are islands of sanity. Illuman is one such place. Illuman is a global community of men who are courageously forging more generative ways of being men. We might never read their names in the news, but these anonymous heroes are the kinds of men the world needs in a time such as this.

Join me as I talk with remarkable guys. Men from Russia, Brazil, India, Canada, Central America, Europe, and the U. S. Men from the Bible Belt to the left coast. Young and old. Of multiple religious and ethnic backgrounds. Men. Who are all stepping deeper into life in a way that blesses and sustains life for everybody else.

What is it about this community, what makes Illuman a place that man after man finds so enlivening? My name is Ned. Join me.