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		<title>The Birth of a Movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Kennedy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The plane was banking for the final approach into Tulsa International airport as I returned to my ancestral roots for a 24-hour consulting meeting. Tulsa has always been a special place for me because each of the five directional changes in my ministry over the last 25 years were born out of prayer times while [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The plane was banking for the final approach into Tulsa International airport as I returned to my ancestral roots for a 24-hour consulting meeting. Tulsa has always been a special place for me because each of the five directional changes in my ministry over the last 25 years were born out of prayer times while I was visiting Tulsa. This trip would be no different.</p>
<p>I had just concluded 40 days of prayer and fasting before this trip and I sensed in my spirit that a directional change was coming to my ministry. Suddenly, when the tires hit the tarmac it was as if a download of information came rushing to me. Jolted, surprised and almost overwhelmed, I reached for anything I could find to write down the flood of thoughts flowing into my spirit.</p>
<p>The initial word spoken to my spirit was, <em><strong>“Build a movement to resurrect authentic manhood. Do so by speaking to the deep purposes that reside within man and he will cast off those things that restrain him.”</strong></em></p>
<p>As I wrote, more and more clarity came to me. I asked, “What are the deep purposes of man?” I immediately remembered Proverbs 20:5,<em> “The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.”</em></p>
<p>Instantly, the foundational principles of Fivestarman flowed out of my spirit and I realized that man has five distinct purposes that reside deep within him:</p>
<ol>
<li>Man is an <strong>Adventurous Spirit</strong>;</li>
<li>He is gifted with an <strong>Entrepreneurial Drive</strong>;</li>
<li>He desires to be <strong>Gallant in Relationships</strong>;</li>
<li>Man longs to be <strong>Faithful in Character</strong>;</li>
<li>And he is driven to leave a legacy through <strong>Philanthropic Cause</strong>.</li>
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<p>(Later study also revealed that the word for <em>“man”</em> in Proverbs 20:5 is not the common word <em>“Adam”</em> but <em>“iysh.”</em> <em>Iysh</em> means, masculine man, cultivator, virile, strong, manly-mind, gallant, priest, leader, and champion.)</p>
<p>Once the plane arrived at the gate, I had to switch my focus back to the consulting assignment for the next 24 hours. Amazingly, when I boarded the plane the next day the flow of inspiration immediately returned, giving me insight and strategy as to how Fivestarman was to develop.</p>
<p>When the plane landed in Houston, I stayed onboard while the flight attendants prepared to continue to our next destination in New Orleans. I was busy typing an outline for Fivestarman on my laptop when the flight attendants approached me. As they attempted to make small talk with me, I tried to keep my focus. Finally, I realized that I couldn’t shake them and gave them my full attention. One young lady said, “What are you working on?”</p>
<p>“I am writing an outline to a book.” I answered, hoping that would suffice.</p>
<p>“What is the book about?” she continued.</p>
<p>Realizing they were genuinely interested, I answered, “I am writing a book about a Fivestarman.” As I shared with them the five purposes of authentic manhood and finished by describing gallant relationships, I realized the young lady had drawn in a little too close to my comfort zone. As I leaned back away from her, I noticed tears dripping off her cheek. She desperately asked, “How do I find a man like that?”</p>
<p>It seemed as if she was speaking for young women everywhere, even for my own daughters. I suddenly felt the cry of our culture. A vulnerable culture, one that is missing the strength and protection that comes from authentic manhood.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>&#8220;Stand at attention while I prepare you for your work… </em></strong><br />
<strong> <em>You&#8217;re a one-man defense system against this culture.&#8221; Jeremiah 1:18-19</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>The echo of the original word that came to me was not to build a personal ministry but to build a movement. A movement is a series of organized activities working toward a stated goal. It requires much more activity than one person can achieve.</p>
<p>Over the next few weeks as I began to speak on the five passions of authentic manhood I noticed something very interesting in the posture of men. Initially, men were leaning back in their chairs with folded arms and half-sleepy eyes. As I began to share in-depth what makes a Fivestarman, they began to sit up straight. By the time I finished, those same men were leaning forward, hands on their knees, eyes focused, staring straight ahead, as if in a stance of readiness.</p>
<p>Solomon said, “The purposes of a man are drawn out.” I now recognize the progress of this drawing-out-process each time I speak on the five passions of authentic manhood and the process is simple:</p>
<h3 style="padding-left: 30px;"> Fivestarman is not about placing a shackle of guilt on a man, nor are we trying to make a man something that he is not, we are simply identifying who he already is and revealing it to him, giving him clear understanding to his God-given purposes.</h3>
<p>And men are responding to this. Men can wrap their heads around this. Men want to know more. They want to be involved in this process.</p>
<p>This is a total change in the paradigm of communicating to men!</p>
<p>According to a <a href="http://churchformen.com/men-and-church/where-are-the-men/" target="_blank">recent study</a> only 10 percent of churches have a viable, active and productive men’s ministry.</p>
<p>Most efforts toward men’s ministries are weak, anemic, and girly. We even see this with publishing companies who have all but given up trying to communicate to men. These companies excuse their failed efforts to the preposition that men do not read. I totally disagree! Men <em>will</em> read, but we do not read like women read. The problem is the publishing companies and most ministries have attempted to communicate to men’s feelings. That’s fine for women.</p>
<h3 style="padding-left: 30px;">Women relate face-to-face sharing feelings.</h3>
<h3 style="padding-left: 30px;">But men relate shoulder-to-shoulder facing challenges.</h3>
<p>Other efforts toward men’s ministry center around an angry anti-pornography strategy. This reactive strategy starts when a pastor or leader is forced to deal with some of their “good” guys facing the addictive powers of pornography. Pornography is a scourge on manhood, but it is actually a result—not the cause—of a fallen relationship with God.</p>
<p>We must dig deeper. We must draw from the original intent of manhood.</p>
<p>We don’t need another attempt at men’s ministry. We need a movement. A movement that is organic. A movement that raises the voice of authentic manhood. A movement that speaks to men who have been completely turned off by the terms “Bible Study” or “Men’s Breakfast.” We must become more strategic and communicate to the internal, God-deposit that lies within men, that spark of authentic purpose that the Spirit draws out (1 Corinthians 2:9).</p>
<p>We’re not going to win men by making them something that they’re not. We can’t communicate to men on the emotive level. We must communicate to men’s purposes. When a man focuses on his purposes he casts off those things that constrain him.</p>
<p>When you are in training physically, you change your habits, you get up earlier, work out harder and suppress or change your appetite. You know that some of your cravings are bad for you. The same goes for your spirit. When you focus on godly training, just like physical training, you will focus on growth and suppress those things that hinder your progress.</p>
<p>Rather than guilt men into the Church, rather than manipulate him by focusing on his wife and children, we must focus on the purposes of men, draw upon them, communicate to him in an authentic manner.</p>
<p>As Malachi warned in the last sentence of the Old Testament before the 400 years of silence:</p>
<blockquote><p> <em>“See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.”</em></p></blockquote>
<p>We must have a prophetic voice speak to the heart of men. We must raise the voice of authentic manhood. Now is the time for Fivestarman!</p>
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		<title>Twins of Contention</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Kennedy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Biblical account of Isaac and Rebekah demonstrates the contention between the two natures of man. This war between the natures of man continues to jostle back and forth.  You may have the two natures within you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Biblical account of Isaac and Rebekah demonstrates the contention between the two natures of man.  They had twin boys who wrestled within Rebekah’s womb, causing her to have horrific pains in her pregnancy.  She sought God for an answer to what was happening within her.</p>
<p>God answered by saying, <em>“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”</em></p>
<p>God spoke to the generations within her, prophesying their future.  When it came time for their birth, the twins were in contention.  The first child to arrive was covered with red hair, so they named him <em>Esau</em>, which means <em>Red</em>.  Grasping the heel of Red was <em>Jacob</em>, which means <em>to grasp the heel</em>, or figuratively means <em>to deceive</em>.</p>
<p>Red was loved by his father.  He learned to be a skillful hunter, a man who liked to be out in the field.  He was loud, and rough-hewn.</p>
<p>Red wasn’t a thinker.  He didn’t have vision beyond his present appetite.  This exposed a weakness, his vulnerability to be deceived.</p>
<p>Rebekah loved Deceiver.  She schooled his quiet nature, kept him around the tents, dressed him in designer clothes, and taught him how to cook.  She also taught him the subtle techniques of deception.</p>
<p>Red came home from a failed day of hunting, when Deceiver welcomed him with a contract, “Will you trade a fresh bowl of stew for your birthright?”</p>
<p>Red’s stomach controlled his passion, so he made hasty decisions.  Haste leads to poverty (Proverbs 21:5).  Deceiver’s passion was his legacy; he would strive for significance, even if he achieved it through evil means.</p>
<p>This war between the natures of man continues to jostle back and forth.  You may have the two natures within you.  You may immediately identify with Red, or you may realize that you have a secret nature that relates to Deceiver.</p>
<p>This imbalance can stem from how we raise our children.  When a parent favors a child, they tend to put their imprint upon that child.  Isaac related to Esau, while Rebekah was devoted to Jacob.  Even though they were raised in the same household, they were parented separately, as if they were each living in a single-parent household.</p>
<p>We can see the devastating effects of single-parent households every day.  I can’t tell you how many horrific stories I’ve heard, where a fatherless boy is manipulated into deception by a predator because the boy needed a “daddy” in his life.  Boys crave the love of a father.</p>
<p>We need the balance of both natures. We need to be in the field, hunting, fishing, hiking, riding, exploring and adventuring, and we need to be thinking long term, so that our temporary appetites don’t forfeit our futures.</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://fivestarman.com/order-fivestarman/" title="fsm-thebook"><img class="alignright" title="fsm-thebook" src="http://fivestarman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fsm-thebook.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="168" /></a>This article is an excerpt from the book <strong>Fivestarman—The Five Passions of Authentic Manhood</strong> by Neil Kennedy.  To learn more about Fivestarman or to order your copy of <strong>Fivestarman—The Five Passions of Authentic Manhood</strong> please visit <a href="http://www.fivestarman.com">www.fivestarman.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Get Your Fingers In The Dirt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Kennedy</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Within every man is a spirit of adventure.</p>
<p>You were made out of the dirt, molded from the clay, and that’s also where you are called to return.  It’s where you relate—the field of contest—whether it’s a football field, a baseball field, a golf course, or even a battlefield.  It’s on the field of contest that man clashes with other men sharpening his skills and strengthening his resolve.</p>
<p>Women relate face-to-face sharing feelings; men relate shoulder-to-shoulder facing challenges.  A woman tells you what she feels; a man tells you what he thinks.</p>
<p>The Bible says, <em>“Iron sharpens iron, a man sharpens another man.”</em> Iron does not sharpen with a caress but with a clash.  You become a better man by the competition.  The struggle strengthens you.</p>
<p>Do you always win?</p>
<p>No, but you become a better man.  The competition conditions you.</p>
<p><img class="post-thumb alignright size-full wp-image-1963" title="Getting Muddy" src="http://fivestarman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/muddy-2.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="90" />The field of contest has always been in the heart of a man.  Early man left the home to hunt in the field, to kill a wild beast, and to bring it home as a prize for his family.  The family celebrated his victory by cooking and feasting on his conquest.  At dinner, he was served first, because he was “The Man!”</p>
<p>Even though we still leave the house to enter the field of contest and return with provisions, something seems lost in translation when all we bring home is a paycheck.  The family doesn’t celebrate dad’s victories anymore.  Celebration has become expectation.  The family feels cheated if the money isn’t there when they want the latest cultural phenomenon.  The husband/father no longer receives honor for being the provider.  The dignity of vocation no longer commands respect.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">“Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness,<br />
is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.”</h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">—John Eldredge</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://fivestarman.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ddots.png" alt="" width="420" height="38" /></p>
<p>The adventurous spirit slowly dies when a man has to live his whole life refined in designer clothes.  Sometimes a man needs to get back out into the dirt and play as he did when he was a child.</p>
<p>So how about it, men? What do you do to get your “fingers in the dirt” and reclaim the adventurous spirit?</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://fivestarman.com/order-fivestarman/" title="fsm-thebook"><img class="alignright" title="fsm-thebook" src="http://fivestarman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fsm-thebook.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="168" /></a>This article is an excerpt from the book <strong>Fivestarman—The Five Passions of Authentic Manhood</strong> by Neil Kennedy.  To learn more about Fivestarman or to order your copy of <strong>Fivestarman—The Five Passions of Authentic Manhood</strong> please visit <a href="http://www.fivestarman.com">www.fivestarman.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Notes From The Field</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Includes: Five Godly Ways to Be a Good Dad; Pro Golfer K.J. Choi Believes in Giving Back; and Kids Need to Roughhouse with Dad.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>FAITHFUL</h4>
<h2>Five Godly Ways to Be a Good Dad</h2>
<p>Mark Driscoll of <a href="http://marshillchurch.org" target="_blank">Mars Hill Church</a> states,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&#8220;One of the greatest joys in my life is being a dad to my kids. Over the years, I’ve learned many lessons about being a dad, but one of the most important is that in order to be a good dad, you must be a good Christian.&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&#8220;By being a good Christian, you develop a relationship with your heavenly Father, the perfect Dad, that informs everything you do as a dad. And by cultivating a deep understanding of the Scriptures, you grow in wisdom, grace, and ability to raise your kids well and to the glory of God.&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Here are some practical ways to love your kids like God, our Father, loves us:</p>
<h3 style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Delight in your kids <em>before</em> discipline.<br />
2. Protect your kids by fearing God.<br />
3. Be a man for your kids and live righteously.<br />
4. Work hard for your kids.<br />
5. Create a legacy for your kids.</h3>
<p>Mark goes into detail on each of his five points, so <a href="http://blog.marshillchurch.org/2011/06/18/5-godly-ways-to-be-a-good-dad-2/" target="_blank">click here to read the full article</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><em><img src="http://fivestarman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dots.png" alt="" width="521" height="40" /></em><br />
The righteous who walks in his integrity—<br />
blessed are his children after him! -Proverbs 20:7</h3>
<h3><em><img class="aligncenter" src="http://fivestarman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dots.png" alt="" width="521" height="40" /></em></h3>
<h4>PHILANTHROPIC</h4>
<h2>Pro Golfer K.J. Choi Believes in Giving Back</h2>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Golf is how K.J. Choi makes his money. Donations are how he likes to spend a lot of it.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1944" title="kj" src="http://fivestarman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kj.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" />&#8220;I believe in sharing,&#8221; says Choi, a pro golfer from South Korea who gave away over $300,000 that he earned on this year&#8217;s PGA Tour. &#8220;A lot of people make money but we all live in a society where we need to share.&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">He has pledged $200,000 of the $1.71 million that he won at last month&#8217;s Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida to victims of the deadly tornadoes that recently struck the American South.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;">He&#8217;s known around the clubhouse for showing his appreciation. &#8220;He thanks everybody. He thanks the golf course superintendent, the tournament host but he also thanks God,&#8221; says Hack. &#8220;He&#8217;s not afraid to talk about his beliefs.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;">Choi has a reputation for being a devout Christian. He and his family are members of the Dallas Korean United Methodist Church in Texas.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;">&#8220;The Lord has been good to me and he has provided a lot for me so this is my way to return of all the things that he has given to me,&#8221; he says.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/17/k-j-choi-is-a-golf-god-who-gives-back/?hpt=hp_t2" target="_blank">Read the full article on CNN here.</a></p>
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<h4>GALLANT</h4>
<h2>Kids Need to Roughhouse with Dad</h2>
<p>Alert reader <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tyler.pettis" target="_blank">Tyler Pettis</a> points us to a great article that clearly shows that fathers roughhousing with their young children is crucially important in the early development of kids.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&#8220;Rough and tumble play between fathers and their young children is part of their development, shaping their children&#8217;s brain so that their children develop the ability to manage emotions and thinking and physical action altogether,&#8221; said Fletcher. &#8220;This is a key developmental stage for children in that preschool area between the ages of about two and a half and five. That&#8217;s when children learn to put all those things together.&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Researchers believe that the most important aspect of this play is that it gives children a sense of achievement when they &#8216;defeat&#8217; a more powerful adult, building their self-confidence and concentration. However, fathers who resist their children, can also teach them the life lesson that, in life, you don&#8217;t always win. The act of a stronger adult holding back that strength also helps to build trust between father and child.</p>
<p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/dads-roughhousing-children-crucial-early-development/story?id=13868801" target="_blank">Read the full article here.</a></p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><em>–adjective<br />
</em></strong><em>1. constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent workman.<br />
</em><em>2. done or pursued with persevering attention; painstaking: a diligent search of the files.</em></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">The diligent man is free to work;<br />
a lazy man must have constant oversight.<br />
Proverbs 12:24</h3>
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<h2>The Diligent</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Become leaders.<br />
</strong><em>Proverbs 12:24 – The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Obtain wealth and prosper. </strong><br />
<em>Proverbs 13:4 – The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Have a definite purpose and objective. </strong><br />
2<em> Peter 1:10 – Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Work even when it is inconvenient, in order to reap the reward.</strong><br />
<em> 2 Chronicles 15:7 – But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Will be successful and stand before kings. </strong><br />
<em>Proverbs 22:29 – Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.</em></li>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Everything yields to diligence.<br />
-Antiphanes</h3>
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<h2>The Opposite of Diligence? Laziness</h2>
<p>Just as diligence has its reward, laziness has its consequences and includes the following definitive characteristics.</p>
<h3>The lazy man:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Has trouble starting his work.</strong><br />
<em>Proverbs 14:23 – In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Has trouble finishing his work.</strong><br />
<em>Proverbs 12:27 – The slothful will not roast his game; but the diligent man will get precious wealth.<br />
Proverbs 20:4 – The sluggard does not plow in autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Makes an idol out of leisure.</strong><br />
<em>Proverbs 21:17 – Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Is undisciplined in his sleep.</strong><br />
<em>Proverbs 20:13 – Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and have plenty.</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Is prone to making excuses.</strong><br />
<em>Proverbs 22:13 – The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Is restless with unsatisfied desires.</strong><br />
<em>Proverbs 13:4 – The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.</em><br />
<em>Proverbs 21:25 – The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.</em></li>
<li><em> </em><strong>Is wise in his own eyes.</strong><br />
<em>Proverbs 26:16 – A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.</em></li>
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		<title>Opening and Closing the Gate</title>
		<link>http://fivestarman.com/2011/05/opening-and-closing-the-gate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 15:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Kennedy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media has given us the great advantage of connecting with people whom we would otherwise never be able to. This new gateway of interacting with others has its advantages but also its share of challenges.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Social media has given us the great advantage of connecting with people whom we would otherwise never be able to.  Geographical limits are no longer an issue.  Communities are no longer built around proximity but around “friendship.”  This new gateway of interacting with others has its advantages but also its share of challenges.</p>
<p>Few people understand protocol, yet it is one of the most powerful relational principles that can impact your life. Protocol is what allows <strong>ACCESS</strong> to you. No one has an inherent right into your life.</p>
<p>When you open the gate and allow someone into your life, you are inviting his or her influence, his or her possible request or demand, and perhaps his or her instruction.</p>
<p>Every person you allow into your life will have an affect upon it, but not every relationship will be a positive one.</p>
<p>It is important that you establish a standard of protocol for your personal community.  The information you share is being broadcast throughout the community, so it is important that you are very careful what you share.  It is also important that you monitor your community for those who qualify to <strong>STAY</strong> in your community.</p>
<h3 style="padding-left: 30px;">Access is first a reward, then a continual test.</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;">Remember, not everyone has a right to be in your life. If you determine someone no longer warrants access, close the gate.</span></p>
<h3 style="padding-left: 30px;">Access authorizes a person to assess your true value.</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Access is a two-way street. While you should carefully monitor what you allow into your life, remember that others will be doing the same with the access they have granted to you.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>&#8220;Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.&#8221;</em> (Ephesians 4:29)</p>
<h3 style="padding-left: 30px;">Access is a gift, not a right.</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">You must monitor the line of respect and familiarity.  If a person crosses that line you must either push back or eliminate the gift of access.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I recently had someone boldly rebuke something that I had posted.  My statement was not just an opinion but also a scriptural principle.  This person’s exclamation points and abrasive words were incredibly out of line. (His sloppy misspellings didn’t help his case either.) After attempting to reason with him, I realized he was not looking for wisdom but for a fight.  I simply unfriended him. No more access. Gate closed. Problem solved.</p>
<h3 style="padding-left: 30px;">The restoration of access must follow protocol.</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">If a person offends you it is important that you honor the system of forgiveness; however, most people are flippant when extending forgiveness.  They simply say, “Well, I must forgive.”  Forgiveness should also follow a process of protocol.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">A former employee who had stolen from me called me out of the blue, apparently thinking a trivial phone call would gain my forgiveness of his trespass.  When I answered the phone he said, “Neil, I am in the hotel lobby and I have a few things I need to say.”  He was expecting me to drop my schedule and grant him immediate access.  That wasn’t going to happen.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I replied, “No, you do not have access to me.  You need to practice protocol.  Write me a formal letter expressing your request and I will read and reply in kind.”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">When this gentleman wrote the letter, I was able to reply with a complete release of his debt to me. Few people understand this level of protocol but it is vital to operating in true forgiveness.</p>
<p>So, as you enlarge your community, realize that access is a gate that must be opened and closed.  For a Biblical example of allowing and restricting access, study the chapter of John 10, where Jesus said, “I am the gate.”</p>
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		<title>Isn&#039;t That Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Kennedy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jenna Lyons' byline for the recent J. Crews ad has stirred controversy—and rightly so—when a mother-son moment has mom painting the boy's toenails pink. What could possibly be wrong with a laughing boy with an endearing moment with his mother?]]></description>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">“Lucky for me, I ended up with a<br />
boy whose favorite color is pink.<br />
Toenail painting is way more fun in neon.”</h2>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Jenna Lyons&#8217; byline for the recent J. Crew ad has stirred controversy—and rightly so—when a mother-son moment has mom painting the boy&#8217;s toenails pink. What could possibly be wrong with a laughing boy and an endearing moment with his mother?</p>
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<p>The abandonment of authentic manhood is causing us to become increasingly a matriarchal society.  Men are forfeiting their leadership roles in every place in society, but none is more evident than the role of fatherhood.</p>
<p>Women have always played a pivotal role in the household.  In fact, the Bible says, “a wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands a foolish one tears it down (Proverbs 14:1).   However, the traditional “head” of the household has always been the husband/father.</p>
<p>With men leaving the family household far too often these days, it causes the woman to become the parental dominant, reshaping the upbringing of the children, especially the boys.</p>
<p>Author Paul Adams, in the book <strong>Fatherless Children</strong> proclaims, “Boys who grow up in father-absent homes are more likely than those in father-present homes to have trouble establishing appropriate sex roles and gender identity.”</p>
<p>Dr. Keith Ablow called this gender confusion “psychological sterilization.”</p>
<p>This sterilization will have greater repercussions than simply raising girly-men.  It opens the door for extreme, male-dominated societies such as Muslims to overtake us.  Our impotence will no longer be a laughing matter or a childhood game.</p>
<p>Pink toenails on boys today. Wow. What’s next?</p>
<h2>Related Stories</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/04/11/j-crew-plants-seeds-gender-identity/" target="_blank">Fox News</a></li>
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		<title>Holy Frustration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Kennedy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could almost hear the ticking, the countdown before the eruption of uncontrollable outrage. John attempted to suppress it but it just kept building and growing until the sweat on his forehead, the clenched jaw, and his narrowing eyes foretold the upcoming explosion. John’s anger had caused damage to personal possessions, started fights with strangers, and...]]></description>
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<p>You could almost hear the ticking, the countdown before the eruption of uncontrollable outrage. John attempted to suppress it but it just kept building and growing until the sweat on his forehead, the clenched jaw, and his narrowing eyes foretold the upcoming explosion.</p>
<p>John’s anger had caused damage to personal possessions, started fights with strangers, and broken relationships with loved ones. Society, with all of its checks and balances, began to resist his reputation of rage. Family members began to isolate themselves from his temper tantrums. His sudden outbursts had caused so much pain they simply didn’t want to have anything to do with him.</p>
<p>John’s coworkers no longer made excuses for his outbursts. His tenure on jobs became more and more short term. Once he was considered a high producer, but now his increasingly volatile temper was causing his productivity to plummet. He even began to blame potential customers for his inability to make the sale on their “ignorance.”</p>
<p>John’s face began to reflect his anger. His eyes had yellowed. His mouth turned in a constant frown. His brow wrinkled with forceful intensity. He was no longer a young man fighting for a better future; he was an embittered, old man frustrated with his life.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1051" title="hloyfrus" src="http://fivestarman.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/hloyfrus1-300x104.png" alt="" width="300" height="104" />Anger is usually caused by unmet expectations. You see it commonly displayed in the checkout line of the local grocery store. Children burst out in childish rage, hoping to get the attention of their distracted parents. They want something, and they want it now.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, a lot of men never grow out of the tactic of clenched fists and stomping feet. As adults, their intimidation no longer works, and their anger boils.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV</em></p>
<p><strong>Do not allow the day to pass without ridding yourself of anger.</strong></p>
<p>Going to sleep while angry can cause delusions. Our nemesis will use anger to get a foothold on us through unchecked emotion. Anger digs deep into the soul of a man. It can draw out buried emotion from years past in an instant. It is very important that we distinguish the different types of anger, and extinguish the harmful emotions it brings.</p>
<p><strong>THE FOUR FACES OF ANGER</strong></p>
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<li><strong>RAGE</strong> is an anger that causes us to flurry about with over-expressed gestures, clenched jaws, and boisterous words, even calling down curses. This kind of anger typically comes from frustrated expectations. Expressing rage causes people around us to stare in disbelief, confusion or embarrassment.</li>
<li><strong>FURY</strong> is a stronger type of rage. This destructive form of rage often leads to a depraved mind and delusional violence. Fury is motivated by evil. Fury often results in physical harm to others, sometimes even in murder.</li>
<li><strong>INDIGNATION</strong> is a righteous anger caused by witnessing or experiencing injustice, shame, or evil done to innocence. It is the correct use of the emotion of anger. Indignation motivates us to protect and risk our lives for the cause of others.</li>
<li><strong>WRATH</strong> is the godliest form of anger. It is an anger that responds to evil with pure judgment. Wrath is what causes men to correct a wrong and to rid the earth of evil.</li>
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<p>Some men have been taught to sequester their anger, to be stoic in their emotions; yet anger does have a role to play in our lives, if our motivations are pure and our response is disciplined.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man&#8217;s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. James 1:19-20 NIV</em></p>
<p>Many of our problems with anger arise from a lack of communication. We fail to listen and then fail to express what is causing this pent up frustration. Our inability to communicate becomes a weakness to express our emotions.</p>
<p>Paul explains this “frustration” in Romans 8 when he talks about the frustration of birth pains that the earth is suffering. Out of its inability to communicate the earth quakes, trembles and suffers violence. It is awaiting its redemption from decay, longing for the “sons of God” to be revealed.</p>
<p>In the same way, we ourselves groan inwardly when we see the world with its “unmet expectations.” Frustration builds, and our weakness is revealed. We do not know what to say or how to respond.</p>
<p>Paul says, “The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” This is a holy frustration. It is a frustration that causes us to pray for God’s purpose to be revealed upon the earth.</p>
<p>As men, we must realize that the help of the Holy Spirit can correct our lack of communication. It is only then that we can actually see the will of God work “all things for the good.”</p>
<p>Getting involved in the process of establishing God’s will on the earth, especially into our own lives, our families, and careers will allow us to properly direct those things that frustrate us.   We will properly manage those frustrations, actually understanding that it may just be a holy frustration, prompting us to pray.</p>
<p>So, the next time that you find yourself building up anger, ask the Holy Spirit to help you in your weakness to pray to the perfect will of God so that His purpose can be fulfilled upon the earth.</p>
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		<title>Man Is The Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Kennedy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can’t have economic increase without the increase of man himself.  No country in history ever increased their economy while simultaneously decreasing in population. The argument against man begins with population control, which is in direct opposition to God’s original intent.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can’t have economic increase without the increase of man himself.  No country in history ever increased their economy while simultaneously decreasing in population.</p>
<p>The argument against man begins with population control, which is in direct opposition to God’s original intent.</p>
<p>The second argument is closely related, suggesting that man is the cause of “global warming,” or now, since pseudo-science fraudulently “cooked the books” (pun intended), the proposed argument is “global disruption.”</p>
<p>The claim that man is destroying the Earth is another attempt to control the increase of man economically.  The claims that we are using up the resources of Earth are simply out of step with the evidence.</p>
<p>God’s original intent for man was to <em>dominate</em> the Earth, which means we are to steward and care for the Earth.  I believe that we must properly manage our cultivation of the Earth.  We should develop and manage our resources with wisdom and responsibility; however, we must continue to draw upon those resources for our use and for the expansion of mankind.  The resources of Earth are placed on deposit for our use and increase.</p>
<p>God is wise enough to create the world in which we live with more than enough to sustain, and even prosper, mankind throughout our existence.</p>
<p><strong>Next:  Work Is an Original Intent of Man</strong></p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://fivestarman.com/order-fivestarman/" title="fsm-thebook"><img class="alignright" title="fsm-thebook" src="http://fivestarman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fsm-thebook.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="168" /></a>This article is an excerpt from the book <strong>Fivestarman—The Five Passions of Authentic Manhood</strong> by Neil Kennedy.  To learn more about Fivestarman or to order your copy of <strong>Fivestarman—The Five Passions of Authentic Manhood</strong> please visit <a href="http://www.fivestarman.com">www.fivestarman.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Charlie Sheen: The Vultures Are Circling</title>
		<link>http://fivestarman.com/2011/03/charlie-sheen-the-vultures-are-circling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Kennedy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The interviews of Charlie Sheen are bizarre to say the least.  His incoherent thoughts ramble out of his cigarette infected throat – thoughts glorifying his narcissistic self, his romps with whores, his drug trips as performances – all the while pushing back on his father for judging him, attacking those who paid him $1.8 million dollars an episode for being able to read a script!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>“It Always Looks Darkest Just Before It’s Totally Black.” – Charlie Brown</p></blockquote>
<p>The interviews of Charlie Sheen are bizarre to say the least.  His incoherent thoughts ramble out of his cigarette infected throat – thoughts glorifying his narcissistic self, his romps with whores, his drug trips as performances – all the while pushing back on his father for judging him, attacking those who paid him $1.8 million dollars an episode for being able to read a script!</p>
<p>The problem with Charlie is simply this:  He is a boy that never received an education, never had a day of discipline in his life and never actually had to work (unless you call acting work.) So now as a man he is exposed to the extremes of wealth, fame, and sin, having been divorced three times and paying enormous sums of money for sex.</p>
<p>The amazing thing is that he is living the life that is promoted in every men’s magazine, and grunted out of every half-baked adolescent male.  This is what happens to men who live without purpose and according to the original intent of manhood.  They chase the extremes in their meaningless life – “eat, drink, for tomorrow we die.”</p>
<p>The media vultures hover around his decaying persona waiting for his demise, hoping for the interview to be timed just right to be his last interview.  They are complicit in his stupidity.  They are equally insane to think that he deserves the time, while the world is in turmoil and on the verge of collapse.</p>
<p>Manhood is more than this.  Manhood is noble, dignified, honorable, respectful, and disciplined.  Manhood needs a resurrection in our time.</p>
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