Many of these are rough outlines, jotted down while in the throes of trying to be a father, and never finished. Someday I’ll get back to them. I leave them up in this rough form because I think there is value in them, but there are sentences that lack context and things I’ll say differently when I get back to it.
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Like father, Like Father.
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Leaders, fear deference
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Positive “Socialization” Is A Myth
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To A Discouraged Leader
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Leaders Avoid The Adversarial Voice
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The Moral Cocoon versus The Intellectual Cocoon
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“Backtalk” and Authentic Prayer
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Pyramid Religion and Parenting
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Fatherlessness
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Fathers Give Good Gifts
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Sex and Violence
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On Socialization In Randomly Collected Groups
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The Law of Moral Entropy
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Embarassment
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The Narrative Arc of Fatherhood
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Temptation and Death
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A Clear Heart (rough draft and outline)
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Glossary: parenting
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Masculinity
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Adult Children: Forgive Your Parents
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Modesty of Speech
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Do Not Coerce the Heart
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The Point Of It All Is Friendship
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Inside-out Versus Outside-in
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Word-environment
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Eden
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The Healthy Ratio
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Even a Child is Known By His Doings
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Speaking Like a Father
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Paradise is Home, Home Is Paradise
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Wisdom
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Powerlessness
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The Liturgy of Fathers
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The World Behind The Bush