I am away with my ordination training at the moment, which is fun...not. I've met a fellow blogger Nigel Wright - it's always fascinating to meet people whom you have previously connected with via the blogosphere.
We've been exploring a variety of subjects based around human relationships and I've been struck by the lack of resources that are engaging holistically with masculine spirituality. I'm aware of things like men's breakfasts, dads and lads weekends etc. but to be honest I'm still to be convinced by any of these approaches. Partly, because I have a suspicion that they perpetuate the problem of gender identity being based on that which divides rather than that which unites.
However, i think that there is also a crisis in masculinity - you only need to look at the levels of male suicide to see that that there is something very wrong. Patriarchy was oppressive and destructive, but when do we stop seeking forgiving for our gender and move on to work on the process of reconciliation? Reconciliation is about working together for the common good, and unfortunately i think that too much is still based on the differences rather than the unity.
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