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Valentine's Day Video
Valentine's Day Card Buying
Saturday, February 14 is Valentine's Day so now is the time to buy her that special gift. What happens when two buddies go Valentine's Day card shopping for their wives? Check out the video HERE
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"I Like Laughter"
Commonplace Laughter
Michael Jr. is a Christian, who's a gifted comedian. In this brief video he talks about his big break. He says his "punchline is to make laughter commonplace in uncommon places." Check out Michael's heart and some very funny jokes. HERE |
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Laughter's Power
Down-Home Signing Comic
Aaron Wilburn is another Christian funny guy from Hendersonville TN who's also an award-winning songwriter. Some call his down-home humor "corny." His signature song "If My Nose Was Running Money" has been viewed over 5 million times in this video clip HERE
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What Are You Doing?
Relax, Trust Us?
If you're supposed to help hurting people, for pete's sake know what you're doing. Check out this compilation of injured soccer players imperiled by their stretcher-bearers.Check it out HERE
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Culture Watch
"Male" and Female Mothers
Birthing mothers in NYC can now identify themselves as "male" on the birth certificate. What?! Another story out of Romans 1.
Check It Out HERE |
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Culture Watch #2
Fired For Being a Christian
Atlanta's mayor has fired city Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran because his Christian convictions are incompatible with being Chief and amount to "discrimination" against the homosexual community. Check out two stories about the facts of the Cochran case and its consequences to all Christians by Al Mohler and Denny Burk |
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Ouoteables
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When we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing. We worship anything." G.K.Chesterton
"Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That's why little decisions we make every day are of such infinite importance."
C. S. Lewis
"Christianity is the only religion whose God bears the scars of evil."
Os Guinness
"Sin is what you do when you are not satisfied in God." John Piper
"The top priority of every ministry to men should be to help them get the gospel straight lest they fall into moral therapies and bromides." Dave Brown
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 Men's Mega-Event of the Year Coming Saturday April 18
Don't miss the region's foremost gathering of men of all ages and seasons of life from over a hundred of different churches. WACMM's conferences showcase some of the finest men's speakers and best men's resources in the country. April 18 is no exception!
WHEN:
Saturday, April 18, 2015 (8:30 am-4:55 pm)
WHERE: Covenant Life Church, Gaithersburg MD [MAP]
WHAT: A dynamic, action-packed program featuring: [HERE]
- Two keynoter messages on being godly men, husbands, dads and friends;
- Sixteen different breakout sessions by top notch pastors and men's leaders
- Worship led by the region's premiere men's praise band
- Plenary session panel discussions, speaker interviews and testimonies
- Networking and camaraderie with men from across the region
- Drawings and giveaways
COST: A high yield return on your investment of time and money [HERE]
- $44 in a group of ten or more (lunch included) before April 14
- $53 regular per man registration (lunch included) before April 14
- $60 per man (lunch included) after April 13
- $24 for men ages 13-22 (lunch included) anytime
- $24 for active duty military (lunch included) anytime
- Disabled veterans attend free (lunch not included) lunch $6
- Pastors attend free (lunch not included) lunch $6
YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO:
- Take advantage of the great early discounts
- Invite, mobilize men of your church, small group, neighborhood and work
- Plan a "road trip" with other men to a life changing day
- Bring your son(s) for a memorable experience together
- Invite your pastor(s) to join you (they attend free)
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
For questions and info, contact:
Jack Gleason, Conference Director
540.630.6394
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Untold Faith Stories in American Sniper & Unbroken
Chris Kyle, often described as the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history, wrote in his autobiography that he prioritized his life in the following order: God, country, family.
But God doesn't make a central appearance in the film "American Sniper," which has been setting box office records since its January 16 release. Interestingly, the film offers a few similarities to "Unbroken," Angelina Jolie's recent World War II epic about Christian WWII-POW hero Louis Zamperini. It shortchanged the story of Louie's Christian conversion and lifelong ministry.
Both stories focus on the dramatic stories of warriors who died before the movie versions of their lives came out. Both "American Sniper"and "Unbroken" include an early scene of their families sitting in church. Both men struggle with PTSD after returning from war. But both films largely skirt the faith that Kyle and Zamperini said were key to their identity - and their survival. READ MORE
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Dads Are Trending In Commercial Advertising
In last October's e-newsletter,we noted a General Mills commercial for Peanut Butter Cherrios that actually honored and celebrated being a dad. It was such a remarkable contrast to how dads have been long depicted in other ads, TV shows and movies. We were encouraged and intrigued. We hoped it just might signal something positive afoot at least in commercial advertising. Well, since then two more corporations have picked up the fatherhood theme. Here they are:Toyota and Dove and the General Mills cheerios commercial.
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Men, All of Us Need Battle Brothers for the "Whatevers"
 In the movie Gladiator, Maximus Decimus Meridius and his fellow gladiators are in the Coliseum standing before the emperor and a blood thirsty crowd and they're ready to take on whatever Caesar will send against them. Maximus says to his men, "Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. If we stay together we survive. Come together. Lock your shields, stay as one! Hold!"
In John 15:15 Jesus says, "Apart from me you can do nothing." And that means none of us can withstand the challenges, trials and battles that come against us every day in isolation or on our own. We're called to trust and depend on his presence, power and truth to see us through all the "whatevers" of life. God intends us to be in community with other brothers. We're not meant to be "Alone Rangers". The wolf loves the lone sheep. Satan loves "Alone Rangers". God wants us to have "battle brothers" who remind us of the gospel, watch our backside, speak truth to us and cheer for us and affirm us in the fiercest storms.
We can't think of a better place for you to be engaged, encouraged and equipped in the community of men of God than at WACMM's Spring Mid-Atlantic Men's Conference. or a better investment you can make of your time and money. Join hundreds of men for a great day of teaching, worship, camaraderie and battle preparedness. Register Now!
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The Real Jesus: Great Ferocity and Extreme Tenderness
At one point in a January 1959 letter from C. S. Lewis to Edward Lofstrom, Lewis responds to something Lofstrom had asked him about by writing --
Gentle Jesus', my elbow! The most striking thing about Our Lord is the union of great ferocity with extreme tenderness. (Remember Pascal? 'I do not admire the extreme of one virtue unless you show me at the same time the extreme of the opposite virtue. One shows one's greatness not by being at an extremity but by being simultaneously at two extremities and filling all the space between')
Add to this that He is also a supreme ironist, dialectician, and (occasionally) humourist. So go on! You are on the right track now: getting to the real Man behind all the plaster dolls that have been substituted for Him. This is the appearance in Human form of the God who made the Tiger and the Lamb, the avalanche and the rose. He'll frighten and puzzle you: but the real Christ can be loved and admired as the doll can't.
--Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis
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Grateful for Sixteen Years of Ministry to Men
Sixteen years ago this month WACMM began in the showroom of a tire store in northern Virginia. We were a handful of brothers who shared a heart to help churches in the DC-area to minister to their men. The Lord has enabled this team of volunteers (WACMM has no paid staff) to build relationships with all kinds of churches in the region.
For sixteen years we've been providing ministry resources, teaching, speaking, coaching, consulting and our popular conferences - all of which aim to help equip pastors, church staff and men's leaders to engage and lead their men into full-orbed, gospel-centric manhood. If you have ministry questions or needs, please feel free to contact us.
Doing Together What We Cannot Do Alone,
Dave
Dave Brown
Director and Pastor-at-Large
Washington Area Coalition of Men's Ministries (WACMM)
Chairman, Foundation for Manhood
10309 Freeman Place
Kensington MD 20895
240.447.1363
dave@wacmm.org
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