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Something we hear often — in conversations after services, in one-on-ones with parents, in the questions young men themselves are brave enough to ask — is some version of this: I feel like a failure.
It’s not occasional. It’s widespread. And it’s worth taking seriously.
Russ Ewell, executive minister of Bay Area Christian Church, recently joined the Axis Conversations podcast to talk about what’s actually driving this. Earlier this year, Russ wrote an op-ed for Fox News on why so many young men in America are struggling — and this conversation goes deeper, drawing on more than four decades of working with young people across the Bay Area. He gets into the questions young men are carrying, why they’re not finding answers in the places they’re looking, and what faith, family, and community can offer that nothing else quite can.
This is a 38-minute conversation worth your time — whether you’re a parent, a pastor, or someone who suspects that investing in the next generation of men matters more right now than most of us are letting on.
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Axis Conversations PodcastSomething we hear often from young men who are brave enough to share — is some version of this: I feel like a failure.
June 23, 2026
The Common Good PodcastThe question isn't whether there's a crisis among young men — the data is hard to argue with. The question is what to do about it.
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