Friendship & Brotherhood
What friends and brothers can and can't do for each other. 8 articles.
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September 24, 2026 · Giving Account
Questions to Ask an Accountability Partner (and Five to Stop Asking)
The best accountability questions don't extract a confession. They receive one and go deeper. Twenty questions for men's groups, sorted by purpose, plus five to retire.
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September 22, 2026 · Giving Account
What Does the Bible Actually Say About Accountability?
Search the Bible for "hold each other accountable" and you won't find it. Here is what Scripture does say about accountability, and why the difference matters for Christian men.
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Giving Account · Chapter 1 companion
What to Say When a Man Asks You to Hold Him Accountable
A man in your group says "hold me accountable." Here is how to honor the instinct, decline the impossible job, and hand him one he can actually do.
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Giving Account · Chapter 5 companion
Five Things a Brother Can Do, and How to Get Better at Each
Ask, listen, tell the truth, refuse to flatter, share the weight. A practical skills guide for the men on the receiving end of an account.
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Giving Account · Chapter 6 companion
How to Be Nathan Without Becoming the Police
Sometimes a brother goes quiet and you have to go after him. A practical guide to pursuing a man with truth, following the pattern of 2 Samuel 12 and Matthew 18.
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August 1, 2026 · Giving Account
After a Fall: The First Conversation
Confessing a relapse is often harder than the first confession. How to have the first conversation after a fall, and how brothers should receive it.
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June 9, 2026 · Second Fiddle
Pastoral Loneliness Is Structural. Here's How to Fight It.
Pastor loneliness isn't a personal failing. It's built into the role. Why it happens, the temptation it creates, and two kinds of friendship that answer it.
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January 21, 2026 · Giving Account
What to Do When a Brother Goes Quiet
What to do when a friend stops talking: how to notice a brother going quiet, why men stay silent, and how to go after him without becoming his monitor.