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Summary: Boot Camp for Men
Review: A must read for any man serious about becoming a better husband and father. Neither happens by accident. In the book, one of the challenges went like this, "If you do not have time for your wife or your kids, then you can be 100% sure that what your doing is not in God's plan for you life."... caused me to walk away from a contract that would have been 1/2 my annual income. That was over two years ago. I now have not one, but two daughters. Last week, the oldest left me her first voice mail message. It went something like this, "Daddy, I love you, come home soon, love you." Priceless rewards when you get your priorities right. This book will slice your priorities with a knife.
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Summary: A Good Self-Examination
Review: Although I can say I enjoyed the book and was thoroughly convicted in many areas of my life, I still feel that Morley is skipping one detail. His approach to becoming a man of God is very fleshly oriented. While I will agree that we can control our daily decisions and how we relate to one another, we still should remain focused on Christ living in us. (If interested, good reading on this subject is "Birthright" by David Needham). Nontheless, I would recommend this book to any man concerned about his role as leader of the household and being a Christian man in the workplace.
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Summary: Been there, done that
Review: As part of a Christian men's group we read "The Man in the Mirror". The six men involved all had been believers for at least five or more years. Our consensus was that this book had nothing to say that we had not already heard elsewhere or dealt with before. We never completed our discussion of it as a group, simply moving on to better things.Can this book help others? Possibly. But is a telling flaw in many modern evangelical "Men's" books that once you've read one, you've read them all. This book has some things in common with "Wild at Heart" and others of that genre, the greatest commonality being their superficiality. There is something about these books that renders them slightly askew of historic Christianity, also. It's almost as if the rise of modern day psychobabble has so infiltrated the Church it's impossible to get the historic perspective of real men of faith, now long dead. You compare this book to something Tozer would have written to men and you see how trite the modern works are. Still, considering that a half dozen fairly average Christian guys got little from Morley's book should be critique enough. (Note: the endpiece bio on Morley makes it sound as if he's never had a bad day in his life. It reads so unbelievably that it comes off as arrogant, almost as if the target audience is being held in contempt. Perhaps if the author were writing to fellow CEOs and such it would read fine, but to the average working stiff Morley comes off as being your standard "plastic and Brylcreme" Christian rather than as a real person.)
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Summary: Priceless for men who want to leave a great legacy!
Review: For many men, life has become a hopeless chain of endless goals. Indeed, many of us have entered a race we cannot win: "The Rat Race". If we desire a life of fulfillment at home and in the workplace we have to do it on God's terms. This book defines the trials men face and how God intended for us to overcome them!
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Summary: Inspires men to determine their true alignment with God
Review: I have been a Christian since I was a child, many years ago. However, no single source has served to help me to introspectively determine my value as a man, in relation to what God expects a man to be. I have used this book as the basis for a small group and will be using it again in my next small group. The premises covered here must be reinforced to be effective.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. It talkes about priorities, accountability, managing your time and money, and not least about spiritual practice. Awesome!
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Summary: Biblical common sense mired in the 1980s
Review: I received this book as an evangelistic gift from a friend who felt that I was the kind of philosophical seeker who would greatly benefit from it. Unfortunately, I found it to be simplistic, dated, and generally inferior in scope and delivery to the messages of many other Christian-based ministries that I have encountered. For me, the problems started in Sprohl's introduction, where he described the book as a work that would deliver perfect relevance to any man who might pick it up. Sorry, but the illusion was shattered for me as soon as Morley placed the blame for all of society's ills on modern consumerism. Or, should I say, the consumerism of the 1980s. This was a simplistic (though no doubt timely and lucrative) thesis then, and in my mind it hasn't aged well. I was never able to relate to Morley's situation, and I found myself laughing aloud at the paternalistic object lessons he spins to illuminate father-daughter or husband-wife relations. Ultimately, the underlying rigidity of his views on the nature of family (Scripturally-based, to be sure) were the single biggest turn-off for me as I plodded through the book. Worth reading if you have acccepted fundamentalist-leaning Christianity as your guidebook for life and you struggle to apply it to your daily life in common-sense ways.
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Summary: Most insightful Mens book
Review: I was amazed by how well this book applied to my life. Its like the author knew exactly how I feel and what motivates me. I guess that speaks to the universality of all men. Understanding how we work as a man helps us focus our daily system to produce the results we are looking for.
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Summary: It doesn't really speak to the average working man.
Review: It speaks for more of a lofty mind set and not to the average working man. I like the book but it needs to be a little more down to earth. I know that you can only speak about what you know but Patrick needs to focus more attention on the the simple things in life.
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Summary: Are You Honest Enough to Look in the Mirror?
Review: It's been a long time since I've read a book that is honest, biblical, practical, and pulls no punches in dealing with the daily struggles that men face. Morley has done a wonderful job in each of these short chapters of facing tough issues head-on. In the book, you will find honest and frank discussions of the following topics: Relationships with family, relationships with friends, dealing with anger, our attitudes at the workplace, finances, our thought lives, and much more. Each chapter has questions for consideration (or discussion if the book is used in group study). R. C. Sproul says in the book's introduction that the book should be read by the wife after the husband has read it, but don't let the wife read it BEFORE the husband! Read it, men, and you'll know why. This book is essential for men who want to grow spiritually.
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