Chapter 11 is titled Knighthood and the Community of Men
The first point made in this chapter is clear. To bring your son to a proper manhood you first have to ‘clean out your own closet’. You first have to be the man you want them to be. The author puts the trek to manhood on a 100 point scale, giving 25 points for this. The only other thing as important as this? A community of men.
The author gives three reasons for why this community is so critical:
1. Sons can sometimes dismiss what they’re hearing with the plaintive, “Oh, this is just Dad talking.” Bit it’s not just Dad talking! The community is telling him what is valuable.
2. Enlisting the community of men results in a depth of friendship that the lonely never experience.
3. The community of men expands a son’s spiritual and moral resources.
A fairly short chapter, but it certainly gets the point across.
[Initially Written: 3.16.09]
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