The Gift of Conflict
(the following piece was written by Bob Sabath, a man who has been deeply involved with the work with Illuman in the US since he did MROP in 2006. This…
We Remember
I will let you in on a secret: I have a time machine. I love to travel in time, back to when Australia was one of the most rural populations…
Happiness Is…..
When I was a young man, I spent nine months living in the Philippines. One day, I stood on a hill above a slum in Mindanao in the south of…
Our (CFMA/Illuman etc) Global Wisdom Council statement on COVID-19
March 29, 2020Brothers around the world,Honoring our Council practices, we write to you from the heart and we will be lean of speech!Twelve men from seven countries hosting work inspired…
The Noonday Demon
Australia’s biggest social experiment is not Married at First Sight (that’s not an experiment at all, obviously). It is our new normal, something we have never imagined. Monks have a…
Growing men in a culture of cautious masculinity
(this is a transcript of a talk given by Richard Fay, CEO of the Centre for Men, at the “Amplify” conference in Brisbane, on Saturday 7 March 2020). The Jesuits…
An Evening with Jill and Terry Frisbie
Terry did his MROP in 2001 at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. He has been involved in doing men’s work ever since. “I went home from Ghost Ranch enlivened and…
Field of Dreams
The first poem I heard of Rumi’s is perhaps his most famous:Out beyond all ideas of right doing and wrong doing, there is a field.I will meet you there.When the…
