04/22/2004: "Men and Church"

This article about men not participating in church as much as woman in the last century or so has been making the rounds on various blogs getting lots of comments.

I really liked what he had to say in principle. I fully believe that the majority of activities at Church are mostly feminine in nature. Both men and women have both feminine and masculine qualities, but on average men care more about masculinity that women. When we strip Church of the masculine, we strip it of half of what matters.

Interestingly, I've found that more of the men I've talked to liked "The Passion" than the women I've talked to. I think Mel Gibson has a very good sense of what Masculine Divinity is all about. He had shown it previously in "Braveheart" and re-iterated the theme in "The Passion".

In "The Passion" when Jesus stands up after having been beaten to the ground during the Scourging, He showed his Masculinity. He stated in a VERY physical way: you can NOT beat me down. I will stand tall, no matter what it takes.

We need this message in Church more often.