rites of passage

What does it mean to be 'initiated'? And what does that have to do with adulthood?

My first youth group had its marking ceremony on Sunday. The culmination of our three year program.

Last month I took the younger of my two youth groups out on their first summer trip; an overnight trip to Tahoe.

At the start of the month, my older youth group ventured out on our overnight challenge: 12 hours overnight hike, from sunset to sun rise, around and up Mt Tam, over 18 miles.

First published in 1994, 'The New Manhood' (back then just 'Manhood') and Steve Biddulph's consistent touring and writing have touched the lives of countless men in Australia.

Last Thursday I met Dan. This meeting portends the first physical coming together of my next rites-of-passage youth group. It has begun!

It is hard to pinpoint when we lost Gerald. He had been a member of our three year 'rite of passage' youth group from the very beginning...

I just spent my birthday hiking up a windswept hill with my youth group, of teenage boys...