Tate Taylor, a mentor and trainer working with young men at Refuge Church, discusses the importance of exposing boys to challenges to foster resilience. He shares insights from a recent field training exercise in Utah's High Uintas, where boys learned survival skills like land navigation and fire building. Tate emphasizes how such experiences build mental fortitude, teamwork, and character. The conversation highlights the vital role of mentorship and community in guiding boys toward manhood, contrasting traditional paths with innovative approaches to youth training.
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Haynes Family Toughness Legacy
Cameron Haynes forged his sons through discipline, competition, and hardship from youth.
His oldest son became an army ranger and another set pull-up world records showing mental toughness.
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Embrace and Love High Standards
Pushing boys through hardship teaches them to embrace high standards, not just adhere to them.
Loving the standard is key to forming resilient, capable men.
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Flashbang 3:30 a.m. Wake-Up
Boys were woken at 3:30 a.m. with flashbangs in a simulated artillery shelling.
Despite cold and confusion, they efficiently bugged out in the dark, gaining invaluable real experience.
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In 'The Comfort Crisis,' Michael Easter explores the idea that modern society's emphasis on comfort and convenience has led to various physical and mental health issues. Easter's journey takes him to diverse locations, including the Alaskan backcountry, Bhutan, and the labs of neuroscientists, to uncover the benefits of living at the edges of one's comfort zone. He discusses the concept of 'misogi,' a Japanese practice involving challenges that push individuals to their limits, and how such experiences can enhance creativity, reduce burnout and anxiety, and increase overall well-being. The book is a call to action, encouraging readers to break out of their comfort zones and reconnect with the natural world and their own potential[2][3][4].
It used to be that went sent our boys into groups like the Boy Scouts of America to train for manhood. But as those organizations have drifted left, we lack male spaces for discipleship and formation for young men. At St. Brendan’s Academy and Refuge Church, we’re trying to forge a new path forward.
Recently, pastor Ethan Senn and Tate Taylor took some of the young men from Refuge Church on a field training exercise in the high Uintas of Utah. During their time in the mountains, the boys learned land navigation, fire building, firearms handling, and various other survival skills. It’s all part of the Titus 2 program, which aims to train boys in hard skills and mental fortitude in preparation for manhood.
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