Daniel Levinson studied the lives of hundreds of adult men and discovered that we actually are a lot like children. (No “I told you so”, ladies.) Just as children progress through clear stages of development, so Levinson discovered that men do too.
Every stage is given a name and detailed in The Seasons of a Man’s… 
Archive for 2012
Mid-Life Crisis: The Dream & The Ladder
A Football Analogy & A Compliment
In an effort to earn back my Man Card after all those cake decorating posts, I joined a fantasy football league. And I’m in first place heading into the play-offs. Boom.
But this isn’t a post about my fantasy football skillz. This is a post about progressions and the importance of working them…or knowing someone who…
How To Make A Christmas List
“Can you help me make my Christmas list?” he asks. He’s asked a few times now.
I remind him again that it’s not his birthday and that…he interrupts.
“I know.” He’s angry. I lecture instead of listen.
“No, you don’t know. I want you to sit down at the table right now -”
“Dad,” he says.
“No,” I say, “I…
How To Practice
School work is done. The kitchen is clean. Clothes are hung up. And now the hardest part of Wednesday comes.
She fans her fingers over the worn keys of her great great aunt’s piano and looks down, ignoring the lines and dots on the page. And she plays beautifully.
She ends with an arpeggio of her own…
Repost: While You Wait
The Old Testament ends with two commands from the prophet Malachi. He tells God’s people to remember: Remember that God has done great things for you. Then he tells them to believe: Believe God’s not through doing great things for you.…
Cooking Lessons
“Is this hard work?” I ask. He shrugs and grunts the way ten year-old boys do. And I don’t need a translator.
He presses the chunk of carrot against the grater and it becomes a blur. Lifts the grater and reveals a pile of orange, smiling at this magic trick.
“Your wife will be very happy some…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a husband, father, singer and communicator connecting the first world with the third world for the benefit of both.
