THE FORMS OF THE WORK

How the Work Is Carried

These are the forms the work can take. Any of them can serve a man on any path, in any order — they work together, and none has to come first.

The work fits the man.

There’s no fixed track. One man rebuilding integrity and another navigating a major life change might both do one-on-one coaching, Story Work, and a confessional group. We don’t fit you to a formula — we find what actually serves the man in front of us.

FORM ONE

One-on-One Coaching

Direct, personal, and unhurried. Spiritual direction, calling and vocation, marriage and fatherhood, and the steady work of integration — bringing what you learn in the hard places into ordinary days. One man, one guide, one path at a time.

Good for — focused attention, privacy, or a place to start before a group.

Book a 30-minute conversation →

FORM TWO

Story Work

Narrative-focused trauma care, drawn from the Allender Center. We read the story you’re actually living — honestly, and in the company of trained men — to find the boy who made the rules and free the man to choose differently. Story is where the real work usually begins.

Good for — old wounds, shame that still runs the show, patterns you can’t think your way out of.

Book a 30-minute conversation →

FORM THREE

Liminal-Space Work

The work of the in-between. When something has ended and the next thing hasn’t arrived, most men rush the gap or get stuck in it. We walk the crossing with intention — naming the ending, waiting with purpose, and discerning what’s forming before you commit to it.

Good for — transitions, thresholds, the disorientation between an old life and a new one.

Book a 30-minute conversation →

FORM FOUR

Confessional Communities

Small groups of men where shame is dismantled by the plain experience of being known. Not a Bible study and not a venting circle — a vetted, confidential brotherhood doing real work together, week over week.

Good for — men done being alone with it; men who heal faster in company.

Talk with John & Jason about joining a circle →

Not sure which form fits?

You don’t have to know. Begin a conversation and we’ll help you find the form — or the path — that serves you now.

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