In Significance
Significance is vital for a young person. It’s an essential desire that causes us to bring our best into the world. This significance was never intended to be individualistic, but interconnected….
Upcoming Drum Circle – Joining with Percussimo
As an initiative to promote drumming for wellbeing, Percussimo has launched a special Drum Jam event on Sunday 24 June as part of their 5th anniversary celebrations.Centre for Men and…
The male journey and its perils: A BBQ night for all men on Monday 11 June
The opening lines of Dante Alighieri’s 13th century masterpiece The Divine Comedy read: “In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in a dark wood, where the…
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…
