Can we learn to be Caleb Strong?

We can be Caleb Strong!

But what does that mean?

I gave the invocation at our Emanuel Faith Community Church graduation ceremony for Men’s Fraternity: The Great Adventure last night.

In preparing for this talk, I reviewed “Caleb’s Prayer”,  a prayer that has been around for a few years in the Men’s Frat community. I have seen it published a few times, like at Warrior’s Hand  and on the Alameda Church of Christ site. I used this as a basis for my talk for the men. We dove into scripture and really pulled out the verses that spoke specifically to those points. I created a slightly modified version of the “Prayer of Caleb” and you … Click to Continue

Quick list: Up Coming Blog Topics to Write About

As usual, the man with ADHD (me) has a million things flying through my head and I want to write about them all. However, if I don’t get them out on a list I know I won’t remember. So here we go.

Up Coming Blog Topics to Write About

  • The Budget Debate: Lessons in Communication
  • House Hold Lessons
  • God’s Promises: Provision vs Position?
  • A Father’s Blessing
  • Driven to Achieve: Motivation vs. Being Content (in Christ)
  • A Man’s Role: What Does Leadership Look Like ( in the Home, in the Modern Family)
  • A Man’s Role: What Does Respect Look Like ( in the Home, in the Modern Family)
  • A Man’s Role: What Does Leadership Look Like ( at work )
  • A Man’s Role: What Does Respect Look Like ( at work )

That is about all I have this afternoon. I am sure I will add to it in the comments…..

 

Enjoy. I will pop these out soon.

Until then, May the Lord continue to bless your path.

Your Brother-In-Christ.

May Jesus have His way with your day

  – Gary C –

Gary Cartagena is a dedicated husband and father.
He is Founder and consultant for Tek Management,
Founder of the Men’s Leadership site: CalebStrong.org,
Co-Founder of the online Bible study app: BibleCounts

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What values do we choose

Once more, I have to say I Luv my friends. One of them, who happened to be a BIC,  recently posed following the question for discussion:

In entertainment media would you rather see violence or sex?

I processed that one and the result becomes tiered layers of acceptance. The primary reason for the tiered acceptance is that I have to know for whom the media is displayed, and to what extent the content goes. For example, as an adult, I do not appreciate the graphic nature in the betrayal of sex OR violence. I do, however, watch films in the genre of  war, action, history and so forth. While those genre have a plethora of violence I will not indulge, at … Click to Continue

Slam Poet: Sexual Healing

This guy is so blessed with clarity of heart through his words. This poem is awesome and speaks of fighting the “world’s” view of sex and healing.

Check out his other content on YouTube.

May Jesus have His way with your day

  – Gary C – Gary Cartagena is a dedicated husband and father.
He is Founder and consultant for Tek Management,
Founder of the Men’s Leadership site: CalebStrong.org,
Co-Founder of the online Bible study app: BibleCounts

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