Too often we have a church that wants to de-masculinize male spirituality and create a “safe” environment. This is a shame since our Lord & Savior was a roughneck in every sense of the word (a craftsman who walked the Judean countryside could not be some metrosexual).

Our society today mocks the kind of men described in the above movie (I read the novel it was based on, “Eaters of the Dead” by Michael Crichton). But it’s this male persona that brings out the bravery, comraderie, resolve and strength that is sorely needed today.

I see in my neck of the woods where young men and boys are gravitating to the street gangs since they appear to be the last bastion of masculinity for these guys (albeit misguided) when such masculinity is absent in the modern church.

Let’s pray that true masculine spirituality returns to the church-and fast!

Peace.