Josh McDonald in Appleton Wisconsin of the Geocaching Scripture Podcast talks about “The Hall of Faith” in Hebrews 11, threatens to punch us in the face of we call it that, and talks about the goal of being forgotten.
Every Thursday, we feature and highlight one part of masculinity that is often pushed to the side – creativity!
This week, Josh Hatcher of Manlihood and Out of Your Shell Poetry will read “Old Man and the Mill: ONE” – a poem from his book “Sweat, Sawdust and the Millpond” Available now on Amazon.
She was a beauty.
Ancient and upcycled old saw mill.
I have no idea what was original, and what has been replaced and hobbled. The antique yellow engine, half the age of the rest sputtered and coughed up diesel, spinning her belt.
The old sawn boards, greyed and cragged by the sun – cracks filled with white pine sawdust.
The old steel, tracks and carriage were black, with orange crust creeping at the edges. We kept it and the massive blade covered with rubber tarps, but moisture always found a way in….
Just enough to leave a little crust, not enough to eat it away.
My job was to clean the bark with an old crowbar. The bath in the deep millpond usually did it’s trick. The bark would shed like t-shirt… mostly in one piece.
We spun the log on the carriage, Old Man Bill and I.
I’d dodge his occasional curses as she played with him.
She’d taunt and tease. After all, she was much older than Old Man Bill.
And I’d stand on the backside of the blade, guiding the timbers over the rollers to the forklift.
On a hot day, she would reward me, coating me with wet sawdust and millpond spray. Oh, the smell of white pine and pond water and diesel was the best summer.
And at the end of the day, the spring that fed the millpond would give me a drink. I’d stick my whole face into the hole in the ground and suck the water in. Drowning just long enough to cool my hot tongue.
IN THIS EPISODE, JOSH HATCHER TALKS ABOUT THINKING, SPEAKING, and BEING POSITIVE. There is a tremendous power when we put aside the toxic and negative thoughts that hold us back. We feel, sometimes, hopelessness or despair, and like there can be no positive outcome. But when we change the way we think, it changes the way we feel, and in fact, it changes the outcome itself!
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Welcome to #CreativeThursday! Manlihood is about personal development for men.
Every Thursday, we feature and highlight one part of masculinity that is often pushed to the side – creativity!
This week, Josh Hatcher of Manlihood and Out of Your Shell Poetry will read “Failure to Extinguish” – a poem from his book “When Sea Billows Roll” Available now on Amazon.
I don’t think you understand
When you tell me to be silent.
When you tell me to hush.
When you tell me my words are offensive.
I don’t think you understand
Why I have to say it.
Why I refuse to hold my tongue.
Why these words flow.
I don’t think you understand
There is a fire in my bones.
There is truth that must be spoken.
And I’m physically incapable of holding it back.
I don’t think you understand
That love is not offensive.
That truth sometimes hurts.
That Love and Truth are the same person.
I don’t think you understand
That fire can be refining and not only destructive.
That though I am burned, I am not consumed.
That this fire can’t be extinguished.
Every action and decision has consequences. Even making the decision to do the right thing can have a negative impact sometimes. The “greater good” isn’t always a warm and fuzzy happy ending. What do we do in that instance?
In the Ask – A – Man segment, Josh answers this question:
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It’s become almost taboo to say it, in light of a cultural shift that draws a lot of attention to Toxic Masculinity. Josh talks about that shift, and about the value in encouraging someone to “Man Up.”
In the Ask – A – Man segment, Josh answers this question:
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Sometimes – you just need to get alone. Our personal growth and development and progress aren’t always about doing, and about the hustle. This is hard for men to realize sometimes – that what we really need – is sometimes a little time alone in the woods.
From the time we are young, we get this wrong impression that finding and winning a great woman will give us satisfaction.
Don’t get me wrong – my wife has certainly brought much satisfaction and joy to me life – but there was a point at which I realized that I was expecting her to fill a hole inside my heart that no mortal can fill.
To HONOR is to value something rightly. If we value something in the wrong way – it is actually a dishonor. I was dishonoring my wife by valuing her in a way she could not fulfill.
We often expect the wrong things out of our partners. What are we looking for? Where can we find it?
Most of the guys that are reading Manlihood blog posts and watching our videos are good men. Most of you are not sexually assaulting people, or parading around with your chests puffed out and shoving your masculinity in people’s faces. No – most of you men have already achieved a level of personal development.
Most of you are good men.
There might be a few brigands and rogues who stumble their way on the content we put out. GOOD! Sirs, if you’re a trouble maker – I hope you can learn from us!
If you ARE a good man though – we can always strive to be better. We can grow and learn and become better husbands, fathers, and leaders.
Any one of us, though, can get sucked into the wrong path. We can make one small bad decision that snowballs – and then we’re screwed.
Let’s strive for better. Let’s stay on track to be the best we can be.
When a man walks into a room – he can change the atmosphere of that room. His presence carries a certain weight. If that weight is recognized – it impacts the others.
That weight? That’s what GLORY is.
Your reputation, your demeanor, your posture, your story, your character – all factor into how people can see you.
And we can strive to build a presence that is respected and well known.