{"id":9315,"date":"2012-01-18T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=9315"},"modified":"2015-03-19T14:02:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T21:02:53","slug":"be-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/be-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a man!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This afternoon I wanted to advertise the upcoming\u00a0Be A Man!<\/a>\u00a0event. At the end of this month,\u00a0Matt Fradd<\/a>,\u00a0the most recent addition to the\u00a0Catholic Answers team<\/a>,\u00a0will be recording his latest talk before a live audience of men here in San Diego. Here’s some of the event blurb from the flier<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"ChuckIn the first part…[Matthew] invites the men to listen to powerful, moving, and often-times hilarious stories. Then, he poses questions to show the men, or perhaps even to convince them, that who they desire to be, and who God commands them to be, is in fact the same man.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the second part of his talk, Matthew lays out five rules that every man must break (yes, that’s right, break) if he wants to fulfill his deepest desires and follow God’s commands.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Matt really knows what he’s talking about. He’s an Australian who married a Texan and, quite frankly, it doesn’t get much more manly that that!<\/p>\n

Accent-uated Differences<\/h2>\n

I spoke to Matt on the phone a few weeks ago and we bonded over the highlights of Australian culture (Tim Tams<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Castle<\/a>), as well people’s inability to identify our accents:<\/p>\n

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The most common question I get asked is\u00a0“Are you Australian?”<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Well, my friends, you now have the opportunity to come and hear what a\u00a0real<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Australian sounds like.<\/p>\n

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Time To Man Up<\/h2>\n

So there you have it. Great speaker, great topic…and did I mention it’s going to be at Phil’s BBQ? \ud83d\ude00\u00a0The event is free, but please register for the\u00a0event<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook. It’s for men only, and please remember, real men<\/strong><\/em> don’t do Facebook Maybe<\/span>s… (Matthew 5:37<\/a>)<\/p>\n