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Here's an update on Season 3 of the podcast. Due to trademark issues, we are having to rename and rebrand the Tribesmen Podcast. And because of that, Season 3 will be delayed until we can finalize a new name.Help us come up with some ideas for a new name! Post your thoughts in our Facebook group and let us know what you think our new name should be.We'll keep you posted in the group and through our email list on how the process is going. We look forward to even greater things in our future, as we continue to focus on manhood, camaraderie, and freedom, together with you!Thanks for hanging in there with us, men!Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This is a special bonus episode where we want to share with you what’s in the works at Tribesmen. We’ve had a great start over the past 6 months, with 37 episodes and over 2200 downloads so far.We’re grateful for you and for all the ways you’re enjoying the podcast. We love hearing from you and how Tribesmen is benefitting your life and the ways you’re putting it into practice.Coming soon, Don is going to be doing some guest podcasting and blogging to help get the message of Tribesmen out to a wider audience of men. For those listeners and readers, we hope to connect them to Tribesmen using our How Manly Are You? quiz. This summer, we will be beta testing our curriculum to help men be able to launch their own Tribe! If you’d be interested in being part of that testing group, send us an email at info@tribesmen.net and let us know.Lastly, we could use your help! If you’ve got skills in any of the following areas and might be willing to volunteer some time, or leverage your resources and connections on our behalf, email us and let us know:Connections to podcasts and/or blogs with men’s interestBranding/designVideographyStarting a business (legal, tax, intellectual property, etc)Audio editingPodcast publishing (Wordpress, social media, email marketing, etc)Online community engagement (Facebook groups and more)Thanks men! We look forward to the future of this Tribesmen journey with you!Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week’s Allegiance challenge is to kick a bad habit. Learning to be free of the snares that entangle us is an important part of allegiance.We all have our bad habits. It might be a little tick, like saying “um” too many times in your speech. Or maybe something more serious, like drinking one too many at the end of the day.Whatever it is, if you’ve ever tried to stop before, you know how hard it can be. We recommend you follow the advice of author James Clear. In this article, he gives some practical steps to help you replace a bad habit with a good one.Find a partner to hold you accountable or go through it with you. And then jump in our Facebook group and tell us how it goes. Show us some pics. We’d love to celebrate with you!About Manhood ChallengesManhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.You can download ALL the Manhood Challenges from Season 2 HERE.You can also find more Manhood Challenges on our website:StrengthCourageSkillHonorAllegianceSupport the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week, we’re wrapping up our series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.Today we’re discussing how Jesus had a mission. This is the embodiment of his manliness. It takes everything in him as a man to live and fulfill his mission.Jesus’s mission is the story of the kingdom of God. Mankind is enslaved to the enemy’s kingdom, and Jesus comes to set us free. But he only does so by sacrificing himself. He shows us what it means to live in God’s kingdom and rescue others as well. And he invites us to reign with him in that kingdom.We see this mission lived out when Jesus heals a paralyzed man (Matthew 9). He shows he has the power not only to heal, but also to forgive sins. In Jesus’s kingdom, life is fully restored.Nowhere is his mission more fully realized than in his resurrection (Luke 24). Just when his followers think all hope is lost, Jesus comes back. He defeats death, but he does so in a way that still leaves opportunity for us to be involved in his mission. It is now our turn to extend the life-giving hand of rescue to others.Jesus was and is the greatest man who ever lived. You cannot find a more worthy man to follow. We urge you to make Jesus your King. Listen to the end of the podcast for a guide on how to do so.Call To Action!If you’ve benefited from listening to the Tribesmen Podcast, we’d like to ask you to consider giving back. Visit our Donate page to find out how you can make a donation through Cash App. If you’re a new user, you can even get cash back, and we’ll get an additional referral bonus!Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week’s Skill challenge is to change a tire. This is a skill that every man should have, and now’s the time to work on it, whether your tire is flat or not.If you’ve never changed a tire before, you probably have the dread feeling in the back of your mind about “what if” your tire goes flat and you need to change it but you don’t know how. Now’s the time to learn. We’ve got a great “Dad, How do I?” video for you to watch to help you learn.If you know how to change a tire and feel comfortable with your skill level, then challenge yourself to teach someone else how. Offer your skills to the men around you. Maybe in a small group. Maybe through your office. Maybe in a Facebook group or Slack channel that you’re part of. Just let people know you’re willing to teach, and see if anyone takes you up on it.Find a partner to hold you accountable. And then jump in our Facebook group and tell us how it goes. Show us some pics. We’d love to celebrate with you!About Manhood ChallengesManhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:StrengthCourageSkillAllegianceSupport the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week, we’re continuing our series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.Today we’re discussing how Jesus had a man’s body. And because he was a man, we’re talking about the fact that Jesus had a penis. We’re talking about this, because it’s an aspect of Jesus that never gets talked about. Because Jesus was a man, he had all the parts that a man does, and all the impulses that go with it. The Bible is clear (Hebrews 4:15) that he was tempted in every way we are.But we know that Jesus was sinless. And so we tend to separate Jesus from anything sexual. But to do so is to make Jesus into something less than a man. We need to remember that his body didn’t work any differently than ours did.Jesus showed us what it looks like to not use our sexuality for sin. Through his interactions with the women caught in adultery (John 8) and the prostitute at the party (Luke 7), Jesus shows dignity and respect to vulnerable women. He never needs to get anything from them. He never takes advantage of them. He is free to love them and be loved by them in return, without ever having to use them.If you want to be a man who uses his sexuality with integrity, look to Jesus. He’ll show you the way to live free of the snares of temptation and be worthy of honor.Call To Action!Subscribe to the podcast through your podcast player, and then share your favorite episode with a friend. Think of a man who could benefit from hearing the Tribesmen Podcast, and then pass it along!Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week’s Courage challenge is to ask your boss for a raise. This can be a challenging conversation for any man. One that many of us fear. That’s why it makes a good courage challenge.Now, this challenge comes right on the heels of our allegiance challenge to celebrate your boss. So you decide if this is the best timing for you or not. But regardless, look for a way to display courage in your interaction with your employer.If you’re the kind of man who thinks that you shouldn’t ever ask for a raise, you’ll just be given one when you deserve it, then this is especially for you. Your boss may in fact want you to show some initiative in this area, which will communicate your dedication to the organization. The worst they can do is say no, and they might just say yes!Find a partner to hold you accountable. And then jump in our Facebook group and tell us how it went. We’d love to celebrate with you!About Manhood ChallengesManhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:StrengthCourageSkillHonorAllegianceSupport the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week, we’re continuing our series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.Today we’re discussing how Jesus had a tribe. A group of men who learned from him and did everything with him. Jesus made a point of sharing his ministry with his tribe of disciples. When he famously fed the crowd of 5000 (John 6), it was actually the disciples who did the feeding. And they marveled at being included in Jesus’s miracle.He chose to spend his final night before his death with his tribe (Luke 22). He creates a new idea of honor by washing their feet and showing humility in serving. He “gets naked” with them by revealing his impending death. A few of them even get to witness his agonizing prayers before his arrest. Jesus valued these friendships above all other relationships in his life.In Tribesmen, we call the leader of a Tribe a chief. A chief cultivates honor among his men by serving them and helping them get better at being men. He develops camaraderie by sharing life with them.If you want to be a man who knows how to live in the company of other men, look to Jesus. He’ll show you how to live with honor and camaraderie - how to live in a Tribe.Call To Action!Leave us a rating and review through Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast host. This will help other people find the podcast. Let people know what your favorite recent episode is, so they know where to jump in.Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week’s Strength challenge is to take the stairs. Wherever you are for the next month, avoid the elevators and escalators, and take the stairs up and down.Strength, as a Mark of Manhood, is about developing the physical ability needed to meet your daily demands without getting winded or exhausted. And, it’s about having the ability to act in cases where extreme physical ability might be needed.Taking the stairs will help you be prepared for those exceptional cases. By exerting yourself a little more than you need to, you train your body to do more than is required. Plus, it’s just good exercise overall.Find a partner to hold you accountable, or to compete with you for your monthly step count. And then jump in our Facebook group and tell us how you did. We’d love to celebrate with you!About Manhood ChallengesManhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:StrengthCourageSkillHonorAllegianceSupport the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week, we’re continuing our series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.Today we’re discussing how Jesus had followers. Which means we’re talking about leadership.As men, we love to admire a good leader that we can follow. Examples abound throughout history and story. George Washington, Martin Luther King, Maximus from Gladiator, Aragorn from Lord of the Rings. Jesus was no exception.People followed Jesus in crowds, in small groups, in families, in public, and in secret. His masterful teaching and his powerful miracles inevitably drew a following. But this isn’t what made Jesus a good leader.He demonstrated leadership through his strength to endure and his courage to sacrifice. Whether it was the crowds that wanted to make him king (John 6), or the religious leaders who wanted to trap him (Matthew 22), Jesus never gave them quite what they wanted. Instead, he endured physical suffering and torture, even to the point of death (Luke 23). His courage to sacrifice brought life to others and has inspired followers throughout history.If you want to learn what it means to lead as a man, and to inspire your followers as well, take a look at Jesus. He is a leader of leaders.Call To Action!Sign up for the Tribesmen email list to get reminders about podcast episode releases, and to stay up to date with all our Tribesmen news. To sign up, just fill out the pop-up form on our website homepage.Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week’s Allegiance challenge is to celebrate your boss. This will go a long way towards helping them know that you’ve got their back and you’re on their team.The people in authority over us often lead in ways that go unthanked and unnoticed. Sometimes the best way to show your allegiance is simply to celebrate the person you’re giving it to.Write a card, throw a party, send a singing telegram. It doesn’t matter. Just do something that would be fun and meaningful for your boss. And be sure to point out the things you appreciate about them.Find a partner from your team at work to do this with, or just ask a buddy to hold you accountable to getting it done. And then jump in our Facebook group and tell us all about it. We’d love to celebrate with you!About Manhood ChallengesManhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:StrengthCourageSkillHonorAllegianceSupport the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week, we’re continuing our series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.Today we’re discussing how we think Jesus had skills. As one of our 5 Marks of Manhood, skill is something that every man should possess. Jesus is no different.But thinking of Jesus as skilled isn’t something most of us struggle with. Accepting that he had to learn his skills might be. It’s tempting to think that Jesus just sort of showed up on the scene as an expert on everything. He is God after all.The Bible is clear that he had to learn, just like every other man has to learn (Luke 2). Just like his earthly father, he learned the skills of a carpenter. And from a young age, he learned to become a teacher - a master teacher whose teaching we’re still talking about 2000 years later. Jesus’s teaching, like the stories of the prodigal son (Luke 15) and the good Samaritan (Luke 10), continue to change people’s lives.If you want to learn what it means to work at your skills as a man, and then to offer those skills in a way that benefits others, take a look at Jesus. He is truly a master craftsman.Call To Action!Subscribe to the podcast through your podcast player, and then share your favorite episode with a friend. Think of a man who could benefit from hearing the Tribesmen Podcast, and then pass it along!And don’t forget to donate to the podcast, to help us cover the expenses of creating great content for you!Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week’s Skill challenge is to visit a master craftsman. What better way to learn or improve a skill, than to visit an expert?Pick a craft that you’d love to learn, or learn more about. Blacksmithing, carpentry, baking, pottery, handwriting. It doesn’t matter the craft. Just find someone who’s a master at it, and ask to visit them in their element.Set up a time to watch them at their work, and let them know you’d like to ask them some questions. We’ve created some starter questions for you over in our Facebook group. Your goal is to learn some things about how they’ve grown in their craft over time, and what’s helped them to stay the course.Plan your visit, and find another man to go with you. You’ll develop great camaraderie through this shared experience. Tell us about your visit and post some pics in our Facebook group!About Manhood ChallengesManhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:StrengthCourageSkillHonorAllegianceSupport the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week we’re beginning a new series about Jesus. But we’re talking about Jesus as you’ve never heard it before. Not all the wispy religious platitudes you may have heard. We’re talking about Jesus, the man. Specifically, we want you to see Jesus as the man most worthy of following.Today we’re discussing how we think Jesus had guts, which has to be one of the manliest attributes we think of in our favorite characters from stories and film.Jesus shows off his gutsiness when he picks a verbal fight with the religious leaders of his day (John 8). He throws all kinds of verbal insults at them. But he does it in defense of the people he’s come to save. His words take courage and honor.Again, he is bold when he enters the Jewish temple during the last week of his life (Luke 19). Jesus causes what we consider a small riot. He violently drives people out of the temple, in defense of God, his Father. Again, he shows his courage and honor, as well as his allegiance.Is this the Jesus you know? A man capable of anger and violence? He might be different than you’ve imagined him. If you want to be a man with guts, you should take a closer look at Jesus.Call To Action!Leave us a rating and review through Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast host. This will help other people find the podcast. Let people know what your favorite recent episode is, so they know where to jump in.And don’t forget to donate to the podcast, to help us cover the expenses of creating great content for you!Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week’s Courage challenge is to do something physical you’re not good at. Facing a fear or weakness is the essence of courage, and that’s what this challenge is all aboutWe think it should be something physical, because honestly for most men this is a little easier than something emotional or spiritual. Maybe you’re not a good swimmer, and you need to get in the pool and do a few laps. Maybe you’re uncomfortable in nature, so you need to go for a hike. Maybe you never learned to throw a football well, and you need a buddy to help you work on it.As men, we all have areas of inadequacy that we hide from. This is your opportunity to confront one of those areas and change it. Don’t let it be something that continues to cause you to hide!Decide what you’re going to work on, and find another man to help you with it. Post pictures of your progress in our Facebook group and let us know how it’s going!About Manhood ChallengesManhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:StrengthCourageSkillHonorAllegianceSupport the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

Today we wrap up our series The Story You’re Living In. We’ve been talking about the ideas that can be so big that they provide enough context for us to order most of our lives around. We can get caught up in them, to the point that they become the driving force for most of our time, thought, and decision making.Each of these big ideas has common story elements. We believe that if a story has these elements, it can become the type of story we get caught up in. Those 4 story elements are:Good in the worldA villain who comes to corrupt/destroy the goodA hero who sacrifices/triumphs to rescue the goodRestoration of the goodSo far in this series, we’ve said every idea we’ve looked at isn’t worthy of our allegiance. This week, we talk about a story that is. It’s the story of the Kingdom of God.This is the original story--the one that the common story elements are derived from. The reason that we get caught up in all the other stories is because they resemble this story.At the center of the story is Jesus. As the hero, he sacrifices himself for us so that we, as the good in the world, might be restored. And then he sets us free to do the same for others.Whether or not this is the story you’re living in, we urge you to consider it with fresh eyes and ears. We believe it is the only story truly worthy of our allegiance. And as Tribesmen, this story will shape everything about the way we relate to each other as men.Call To Action!Sign up for the Tribesmen email list to get reminders about podcast episode releases, and to stay up to date with all our Tribesmen news. To sign up, just fill out the pop-up form on our website homepage.Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week’s Strength challenge is to make progress on the monkey bars. The monkey bars are a great test of grip strength, back strength, and stamina.Figure out where you’re starting from and make progress from there. If you can’t cross any bars, work on doing a dead hang for as long as you can. This will help develop your grip and back strength. Then move on to a two-handed pass, and then a one-handed pass across the bars.For more advanced moves, work on swinging by skipping a bar between each pass. You might add a pull-up or a one-handed hang between each pass for an added challenge.Work on this challenge 2x/week, and make as much progress as you can in 1 month. Post pictures of your progress in our Facebook group and let us know how it’s going!About Manhood ChallengesManhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.You can find more Manhood Challenges on our website:StrengthCourageSkillHonorAllegianceSupport the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

Porn is the next big area we discuss as we continue our series The Story You’re Living In. These ideas can be so big, in fact, that they provide enough context for us to order most of our lives around. We can get caught up in them, to the point that they become the driving force for most of our time, thought, and decision making.We’re examining each of these big ideas by looking at common story elements that each of them possesses. We believe that if a story has these elements, it can become the type of story we get caught up in. Those 4 story elements are:Good in the worldA villain who comes to corrupt/destroy the goodA hero who sacrifices/triumphs to rescue the goodRestoration of the goodThis week, we talk about how for many men, porn has become the story you’re living in. In the internet age, porn is everywhere. And the statistics of porn use among men are staggering. The lustful allure of sex is nothing new in our age. But combining that with free, unlimited, and anonymous access has created a perfect storm for porn to overwhelm us.Porn becomes such a powerful story because it promises to eliminate any villain. At least for a while. But to keep those benefits, you have to keep returning to the porn. Hence the tendency of many men toward porn addiction. It never satisfies and never brings lasting good to anyone.If porn has become the story you’re living in, we recommend a few things:Be honest and talk about it with another man in your lifeFigure out what you’re using porn to medicateGet help, because you won’t get free aloneCall To Action!If porn is a challenge for you, consider signing up for Covenant Eyes. CE is an internet accountability software that tracks your web usage and reports it to accountability partners whom you select. It won’t solve your porn problems. But it will help foster the kind of honest conversations you need with other men in order to get free.You can sign up for Covenant Eyes through our website at tribesmen.net/resources. (This will take you to an affiliate link, which means if you sign up through us, we will get a financial benefit as well.)Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

This week’s Allegiance challenge is to ask yourself what voices you’re listening to. Maybe that’s key figures in your life, like your boss, your wife, your pastor. Maybe it’s through the media, like a political pundit or social influencer. It could be God, the American dream, or any number of other things.But whoever or whatever you’re listening to is likely vying for your allegiance. And figuring out where you’re giving your allegiance requires figuring out who you’re listening to.To help you think through it, we’ve posted some questions in our Facebook group that you can use to ask yourself. Post what you come up with, and let us know if this is where you want your allegiance to be or not.Remember to partner with a friend, either to do the challenge together, or to hold you accountable to completing it. A manhood challenge isn’t complete unless you have a partner.Manhood Challenges are designed to help you get better at being a man in 1 of our 5 Marks of Manhood. We’ll have a new challenge for you each Friday, but you should focus on doing the ones that are actually a challenge for you.Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)

Kids are the next big area we discuss as we continue our series The Story You’re Living In. These ideas can be so big, in fact, that they provide enough context for us to order most of our lives around. We can get caught up in them, to the point that they become the driving force for most of our time, thought, and decision making.We’re examining each of these big ideas by looking at common story elements that each of them possesses. We believe that if a story has these elements, it can become the type of story we get caught up in. Those 4 story elements are:Good in the worldA villain who comes to corrupt/destroy the goodA hero who sacrifices/triumphs to rescue the goodRestoration of the goodThis week, we talk about how our kids’ activities can become the story you’re living in. The hours spent shuttling back and forth to practices. The money spent on lessons and equipment. The sacrifices to family time for the sake of tournaments and performances. Our kids’ lives can very quickly overwhelm our own.Our kids become the story we’re living in, because we often see the potential for good in their future before they do. And we will stop at almost nothing to make sure they don’t miss out on that preferred future. Even if they don’t see it, we hope that the good it will provide them will be worth it in the end. We hope.If your kids’ activities have taken over your family, we’ve got some tips for you on how to rein things back in.Be honest with your kids that you’re doing too muchSet a healthy activity limit with themHave more seasons with no activity, than seasons with activity.Call To Action!We know you love the Tribesmen Podcast so much, you never want to miss an episode! That’s why you should SUBSCRIBE to the podcast. You can do that through your podcast player, or through the embedded player on each episode’s page on our website.We’d also love it if you SHARE an episode of the podcast with a friend. If you’ve received benefit from the podcast, the best way to pay it forward is by helping other men find out about us. You can share directly from your podcast player, or by sharing the episode posts in our Facebook group.Support the show (https://tribesmen.net/donate)