True Self False Self: Discovering our core identity
The False SelfThere is a version you that you identify with as who you actually are, but it is a complete fiction. It doesn’t actually exist, except within your mind….
It’s Friday, and then it’s Saturday. Forget about Sunday.
There’s this famous sermon by African American preacher S.M. Lockridge that evangelical Christianity took and ran with a few decades ago: “It’s Friday but Sunday’s coming”. Yes, things are dark…
You are going to die…
This blog was written by Martin, a member of a Centre for Men-supported group in Melbourne, Victoria. His own reflection on one of the five promises of male initiation creates healthy…
Men’s BBQ Night: Monday 9th April
We are hosting a BBQ and talk on Monday 9th April at the Old Friary (the Brookfield Centre), 139 Brookfield Road Kenmore Hills. The night commences at 6pm and will conclude…
The Hero’s Journey
Shakespeare’s words from Macbeth remind us of the journey towards futility that many men find themselves in mid-life:To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo…
Long Live The King
The following is by one of the men in our community, Neil Pennell. He wrote it in Spring 2017 and I thought it was so good it was worth reposting…
BBQ Night for all men: The Hero’s Journey
We are hosting a free BBQ and talk for all men on Monday 19th February from 6pm until 9pm. The venue is The Old Friary (Brookfield Centre), 139 Brookfield Road…
Centre For Men – Extending the ‘Reach’
Hello Readers!Over the last few months, there has been some quiet work in the background, adding plugins, researching how best to spread the word of the great work of Centre…
End of Year Gathering for Everyone
The Centre for Men’s annual end of year gathering is on Monday 4th December at 7pm, at Brookfield Centre for Spirituality, 139 Brookfield Road Kenmore Hills. The evening will conclude…
Discarded Wealth
When a great aunt died, my father inherited all her jewellery. My mother sifted through it and deemed most of it worthless. There were gaudy cubic zirconia rings that would…
