Interview With Andrew Warthen
You can’t have healthy marriages without healthy individuals, and healthy individuals are people who understand themselves and their purpose in life.
Perhaps one reason more young men aren’t getting married, despite many desiring to do so, is because they lack understanding about who they are and what they were made for.
The left tells men that being masculine is “toxic.” On the far right, misogynistic influencers like Andrew Tate respond by telling young men to embrace those “toxic” traits without apology. Often missing from the masculinity conversation is a character trait that provides the much needed balance: meekness.
In this episode, guest Andrew Warthen explains why “Meek is not Weak,” why good should not always equal safe, and how men can find purpose in fully understanding the meaning of their masculinity.
Listen to this next installment of our “Know About Family Formation” series, and check out the links below if you’d like to dive deeper into this topic.
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Articles Referenced:
‘Life Without a Father’: Less College, Less Work, And More Prison For Young Men Growing Up Without Their Biological Father
Study: Gen Z Now Leads in Church Attendance
Gen Z Men and Women Divided Over Getting Married, Having Kids
Andrew’s Recommended Resources:
Father Mike Schmitz on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/fathermikeschmitz/?hl=en
Bishop Robert Barron on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@BishopBarron
Ryan T. Anderson at the Ethics and Public Policy Center
https://eppc.org/author/ryan_anderson
The Heritage Foundation
The Daily Wire
Theology of the Body by John Paul II
https://stmarys-waco.org/documents/2016/9/theology_of_the_body.pdf
Love and Responsibility by John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla)