One Man's Opinion of So Dad, What Makes a Man?
Although men's lives vary greatly one from another in detail
and circumstances, I believe our human, male psyche underlies how we proceed as
individuals and the obstacles we face. Tom Peery's real life experiences demonstrate
we proceed along an uneven path--this is how life works! Yet what underlies
Tom's journey is the "big picture" of human, male development.
Too
often works on male spirituality tend to give the impression of a single path,
whereas when we consider a life story such as Tom's we see a much more complex
mix of movement--sometimes making it hard to see the overarching pattern. Yet
given the full path of our lives we see a distinct trajectory that has
great commonality.
---Lloyd Guerin, spiritual director and leader of men's
retreats, Houston, Texas