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Why don’t we value a masculinity that embraces tenderness and care? Tony Liu shares the life-affirming joy of his male friendships, and how they have opened him to the possibility of a masculinity that is more nourishing.
The path to untangling the loneliness and isolation that many men experience may be complicated, but there is one simple step men can take today: Take a walk with a friend.
Suffering is universal. It’s time I grew wiser about how to sit alongside it.
A story about love, loss, and surprise in a small town church about the extraordinary things that can happen when we step outside our familiar social circles — and ourselves.
Powerful connection can come from each time we cross paths with a stranger — especially when we’re able to bring empathy and honesty to these brief encounters.
If you want to lead others, learn to be alone with your thoughts. A penetrating contemplation of what great leadership requires: a steady independence of mind that only comes with solitude.
To learn the transgressions of men we admire feels like betrayal. But is forsaking them the only way forward? On redemption and taking up a more nuanced understanding of why people with power do bad things.
Kindred in mind and spirit, the legendary Christian and Jewish theologians shared a little-known companionship that was as deeply thoughtful as it was affectionate. Ursula Niebuhr commemorates the bond her husband shared with Rabbi Heschel — only preserved now in two letters and fond memory.
Asking for help in hard times can be difficult, sometimes accompanied by shame. Our columnist offers practical tools for sharing and lifting the burdens of loved ones who have fallen on hard times.
When it feels like our life has been turned upside-down, sometimes the greatest comfort isn't advice or a solution, but having someone to simply endure alongside us.
An unexpected letter landed on our columnist's doorstep the other day. It contains a surprising lesson on the meaning of community — and an opportunity to open up to a fellow flawed and striving human being.
A modern-day tragedy has befallen Omid: His iPhone has died. But there's a deep lesson in this, too — on ensuring that our memories are stored in a deeper and more enduring place.
A woman's evolving understanding of mortality, identity, and letting go — through a poem that has accompanied her through life and loss.
Acknowledging the limits of our own experience, and the spiritual challenge of building deep relationships with those outside our cultural comfort zones.
A lack of intimate friendships doesn’t just lead to loneliness; it can negatively impact your health, too. Courtney Martin on the particular importance of meaningful relationships between men — and how it can add a few years to men’s lives, to boot.
What if our relationship with God were more long, tender, even humorous?
Courtney shares the practical insight of a wise elder — on the tumultuous history we've lived through, and the work we must do to shape our future differently.
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