06/03/2026
Over the past few years, a noticeable shift has occurred in my classroom. Young men who once seemed content to simply “get by” are now asking deeper questions about what kind of men they want to be and are interested in engaging with great thinkers of the past. The data, it turns out, is beginning to affirm this shift. Gen Z church attendance among young men has quadrupled, with many drawn to more liturgically traditional expressions of Christianity. Statistics are often elastic and subject to debate, but this trend is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
One thing I find tremendously encouraging is that young men are seeking something stable. Not stability as an end, but what produces stability—a solid foundation. A foundation on which they can stand, but, further, that transcends them, grounding them in something greater than themselves.
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