A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi would get together twice a week for coffee to talk shop.

One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn’t really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear.

One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go
out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert it.

Seven days later, they’re all together to discuss the experience.

Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has various bandages on his body and limbs, goes first. “Well,” he says, “I went into the woods to find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation.”

Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone oratory he claimed, “WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don’t sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God’s HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he
became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising God.”

They both looked down at Rabbi Goldberg, who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction with IV’s and monitors running in and out of him. He was in bad shape. The rabbi looks up and says, “Looking back on it, circumcision may not have been the best way to start.”

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I was approached by Phoenix & Phoenix, a well know publicist and promotional organization, who are wanting to do a nation wide campaign for Guy Thing.There aim is to bring nation wide attention to the book and get the ‘message and the man out there’.

They work with organizations and outlets like USA Today, Good Morning America, Larry King, CNN. Mostly secular and non-Christian organizations. Which i think is great. The appeal of Guy Thing is to a great audience - men in need everywhere!

I asked them about there previous clients and they told me:

We have handled such a wealth of high-profile ministries during our history (from John Hagee to John Maxwell to Stormie Omartian to Vicki Courtney to Stephen Baldwin to Ed Young), along with campaigns from major Christian publishing houses (Harvest House, Zondervan, Baker Publishing Group, Thomas Nelson, B&H Publishing Group, WaterBrook Press and a few others all have active accounts with us), we do have great contacts at most Christian media outlets (including the ones you mention).

The thought is that once we build a platform with these organizations we have a vehicle to be a force for the kingdom within the church and the community.

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Men are more likely than women to prefer marriage over lifelong singlehood and in many ways are as interested in serious family relationships as women, according to a new study that provides the government’s first comprehensive glimpse into the male psyche.

The survey, released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, involved more than 12,000 men and women ages 15-44. It asked a variety of questions about sex, living together, marriage, divorce and parenting.

This is the first time men have been included in the agency’s study, which has been conducted periodically since 1973. The new report, an analysis of data collected in 2002, focuses on men and offers some comparisons with women.

To the statement “It is better to get married than go through life single,” 66% of men agreed, compared with 51% of women.

“There’s a lot of evidence out there in the culture — and this is the most striking I’ve seen yet — that men value what marriage is and does more than women,” says Scott Stanley, co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver.

Responses from both sexes suggest that “the majority agree it is better to get married, and few people agree that divorce is best,” says Gladys Martinez, lead author of the study.

Other survey findings:

•47% of men and 58% of women have had a biological child.

•76% of men and 72% of women agreed “it is more important for a man to spend a lot of time with his family than be successful at his career.”

Neil Chethik, author of VoiceMale: What Husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework, and Commitment, says the new data seem to mirror his research, in which 90% of married men said they would marry the same woman if given a chance to do it again. “Everything I’ve seen that has started to look at men more carefully shows that men are committed or dedicated.”

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By Sharon Jayson - USA TODAY

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