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Home About Contact Archives RSS 294 Gary Black Subscribe for Updates BLOG HOME ADVENTURES.ORG HOME Biography Contact Me/Request to Speak Browse My Photos View All Blog Posts Blog Posts By Country Follow Me Support Us! Editor Log In Topics: General Articles Generation Spain Vision Trip Recent Posts: The science of daily prayer (11/1/2017) Do you believe? Every nation, tribe, people and language. (9/15/2017) Making Men: "What every father wants his son to know" Part 3 (9/7/2017) Making Men: "What every father wants his son to know" (8/31/2017) "Everything your dad should have taught you, but didn't" Intro (8/23/2017) It's a thing... (5/22/2017) My friends (4/22/2017) What would make you stay in prison? (2/13/2017) Not knowing... (12/29/2016) "Yes and Yes" (11/14/2016) Blogs By Location: Spain United States My favorites Section: Another day at the office! Black kids letters! Gary Black God Gave Us The Key Home, but much of me is still in Africa... Justice, a dream and redemption Nsoko Vision Trip: Join us in Africa Pictures from Africa! Remember the promises of God St Patrick prayer, a little juice for your day! Take the leap! The Four Initiations of a Man - for every girl out there! The Four Initiations of a Man: King The Four Initiations of a Man: Lover The Four Initiations of a Man: Sage The Four Initiations of a Man: Warrior Values and Characteristics Of David's Life: Humility - Noble Leadership Video of Our First Church Plant in Swaziland We all need to be taught, we need to be carefully taught We haven't even begun... My Links: Give to the Nsoko Project Lisa-Marie Seth Barnes Tom Davis' Blog The World Race The World Race Promo Video Tim Johns - Rock Tribe Andrew Shearman - The General Archive: 3/2006 4/2006 5/2006 6/2006 7/2006 8/2006 9/2006 10/2006 11/2006 12/2006 1/2007 2/2007 3/2007 4/2007 5/2007 6/2007 7/2007 8/2007 9/2007 10/2007 11/2007 12/2007 1/2008 2/2008 3/2008 4/2008 5/2008 6/2008 7/2008 8/2008 9/2008 10/2008 11/2008 12/2008 1/2009 2/2009 3/2009 4/2009 5/2009 6/2009 7/2009 8/2009 9/2009 10/2009 11/2009 12/2009 1/2010 2/2010 3/2010 4/2010 5/2010 6/2010 7/2010 8/2010 11/2010 12/2010 4/2011 5/2011 6/2011 9/2011 11/2011 12/2011 2/2012 5/2013 7/2013 7/2014 10/2014 11/2014 5/2015 8/2015 11/2015 12/2015 1/2016 2/2016 3/2016 5/2016 6/2016 7/2016 8/2016 11/2016 12/2016 2/2017 4/2017 5/2017 8/2017 9/2017 11/2017 Blog Roll: (Contributors) » Gary Black * System provided by Maximtech.com The science of daily prayer Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 11/1/2017 One of the questions I am asked a lot by young people is "How do I pray, and how can I pray for longer periods at a time?" It's a great question that I have seen many, even mature Christians, struggle with. As I study more and as I age, I am experiencing that contemplation and praying the way that Jesus taught us in the bible is a great combination! Prayer can be hard. Especiall... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (1) | -- Comments 1 Send to a friend Do you believe? Every nation, tribe, people and language. Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 9/15/2017 Living in a country other than your own can be intimidating at times. In Africa, we had a full-time guard who would walk around our property at night, and here in Spain, most people do not speak any English. Lisa and I have gotten pretty good at sign language - well a better term would be “grunting and pointing.” Today is our second-year anniversary; September 15th is when we landed o... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (4) | -- Comments 4 Send to a friend Making Men: "What every father wants his son to know" Part 3 Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 9/7/2017 Taken from parts of a few different Chapters in "Making Men": ...On a side note on the cyclical nature of fatherlessness and divorce, I want to speak briefly to the way our children have unlimited access to information beyond our knowledge. With access to endless data on mobile phones and unregulated internet access, our young boys begin looking at porn in elementary school or even before. ... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (3) | -- Comments 3 Send to a friend Making Men: "What every father wants his son to know" Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 8/31/2017 As you may know I have written a book. It is currently being edited and re-edited, moved around, paragraphs deleted... as I need lot's of help! My working title has changed from "Everything your dad should have taught you, but didn't" to the above; if you have a better title, let me know Here is some of Chapter 1: The Making of a Man. When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son ... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (0) | -- Comments 0 Send to a friend "Everything your dad should have taught you, but didn't" Intro Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 8/23/2017 Hey guys, please give me your feedback here; I have around seven chapters written with what I believe could be an intense, fun and informative book... maybe just some blogs we shall see :) "Everything your dad should have taught you, but didn't" Introduction: As a dad of six children— four boys and two girls— I have learned much over the past 27 years about being a dad&hellip... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (8) | -- Comments 8 Send to a friend It's a thing... Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 5/22/2017 This last week I had the opportunity to journey with seven other “middle-aged men.” We walked a section of the “The Way of St. James,” or the Camino de Santiago. A former attorney now pastor from Indianapolis, a retired Executive Tech professional from Massachusetts, an MBA and ministry guru from Georgia, a Sales professional from Chicago, a retired SWAT policeman from Flo... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (2) | -- Comments 2 Send to a friend My friends Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 4/22/2017 I was on one of my prayer walks the other day when I started thinking of all the people that have influenced my life for the good; the people that have given me words of wisdom, and taught me the art of forgiveness, how to be a friend, how to manage people or a ministry/business, how to treat women, how to be a son, a father, a husband, etc. It wasn’t always what I wanted to hear, and many ... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (3) | -- Comments 3 Send to a friend What would make you stay in prison? Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 2/13/2017 Over Thanksgiving this past year my mom was at her end. She had been on hospice care for over a year and a half at home, her strength was gone, she was in the hospital, and her rare, unexplained disease had taken its final toll. My father called me on the phone so I could say goodbye to my mother for the last time. Gasping for air, her voice very weak, she said, “I love you son, yo... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (4) | -- Comments 4 Send to a friend Not knowing... Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 12/29/2016 This time between Christmas and New Years always seems like a threshold to me. It’s a week of waiting, watching, and not really knowing. One of the things I have learned the most these past three years is how to live in a “liminal” space, the “in-between” or “threshold” space. “Liminal” comes from the Latin word “limens,” which me... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (8) | -- Comments 8 Send to a friend "Yes and Yes" Posted in General Articles by Gary Black on 11/14/2016 I am writing right now on a plane, headed back from Paris to my home in Mijas. I have spent this past week with some guys I used to minister with in the 90’s—where we used to call the youth of America to pray and fast for our nation. Back then, we called a generation to fast and pray for our leaders regarding issues of abortion, racial division, godlessness, etc. We use to hold m... Click here to continue reading... -- Comments (5) | -- Comments 5 Send to a friend ...