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Our Highest Priorities and Deepest Values

By Craig Glass | October 8, 2013 | Blog, Fathers, Legacy, Significance, Transcendence | 0 Comments

Thanks to my colleague, Jim Hughes, for spotting this gem. As an outdoorsman and father it’s right up his alley. At Peregrine we help men identify their highest priorities and deepest values, and then guide them to make courageous decisions to live by them. One of our organizational values is to regularly engage in the adventure […]

Dangerous Play

By Craig Glass | September 1, 2013 | Blog, Community, Fear, Redemption, Significance, Transcendence | 8 Comments

“What did ‘play’ mean for you as a boy? What does it look like now?” Those were the deceptively profound, seemingly innocent, questions posed to me, and a group of men, at a Brotherhood Adventure last week in the Poudre River Canyon, west of Fort Collins, CO. By the end of the conversation I thought, […]

Saying Goodbye to Parents, Part V (What I Think God Would Say)

By Craig Glass | October 23, 2012 | Blog, God, Hope, Redemption, Transcendence | 6 Comments

When we come together at a funeral to honor the loss of our father, our grandmother, our daughter, or our friend, we deeply grieve the loss of that person. But I believe there is a much bigger story taking place at the same time. There is a deeper ache in our hearts: We are not […]

Saying Goodbye to Parents, Part III (A Severe Mercy*)

By Craig Glass | August 23, 2012 | Blog, Character, Fathers, Heroes, Legacy, Significance, Transcendence | 22 Comments

My dad is disappearing. In fact, to a large extent he has already disappeared. I’m just trying to learn how to say Goodbye. A naval officer in World War II and Pentagon intelligence officer during the Korean War, hospital administrator for two and a half decades, and the director of a ministry support organization, my […]

Knocking on the Door of a Brothel

By Craig Glass | February 15, 2012 | Blog, Character, Culture, Jesus, Legacy, Significance, Transcendence | 5 Comments

Have you noticed how frequently men will risk complete compromise of their values, their marriage and their reputation to pursue a short-term enticement? Perhaps you saw the former TV show To Catch a Predator, where a guy in a computer chat room thinks he’s talking to a young teen. He and the girl arrange a […]

Turn or Burn

By Craig Glass | November 10, 2011 | Blog, Character, Hope, Transcendence, Transformation | 0 Comments

Until this year, the worst year in history for wildfires was 2002. The premier fire that year was the Hayman Fire which engulfed 138,000 acres and 133 homes just west of Colorado Springs in 20 days. It still holds the record for being Colorado’s largest wildfire ever. Not long ago I hiked with a few […]

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