Man up | Bowen Greenwood's Blog

The 116 Clique is a group of hip hop artists who will positively blow you away. On their albums, the production values, the beats, and the musical quality are all absolutely one hundred percent every bit as good as anything you will hear in mainstream music.

But they are also on fire passionate about who Jesus really is.

A lot of people who read this blog (ha ha, as if this blog were really read by a lot of people) have probably seen me posting some of their videos on Facebook. These guys are fierce and militant in their dedication to Jesus, and they have a strain of righteous anger against a culture today that tells women they are only worth as much skin as they are willing to show, and tells men they are only worth how many dollars they can clock. I have a lot of admiration for all of them.

Now they have a new project. They call it Man Up. First it was a musical tour this year about what biblical manhood truly means, and how to seek it in this culture we live in. Now, they’re turning Man Up into a conference for like minded men. It seems kind of impossible to me right now, but if I can work it out I would really like to go. Here’s the video:

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In response to your post today “man up”, I do not know how many folks read your blog, but I look forward to it, and read every post.

Bowen on January 18, 2012 at 8:49 pm said:

Thank you Lee, I appreciate it. Could you tell Pollann how to subscribe? I don’t know.

My husband just shared your blog with me. I like how you keep the main thing the main thing – Jesus- and have such a compassionate heart. I think that is what He had in mind. I’ll keep reading! Well done!

Bowen on January 19, 2012 at 2:08 pm said:

Thank you so much Carol. I’m sort of taken aback that a few people really do read this.

Not that I’ll ever listen to hip hop, but this is the sort of effort that creates cultural transformation. I would say that one of the biggest threats to youth today is media – music, TV, video games, etc. I don’t want to suggest that I didn’t have the same challenges growing up in the 80s, but those challenges were less pronounced and ubiquitous. Christianity has to offer cultural alternatives for youth that are compelling, which is not an easy endeavor. But, ultimately, as a parent I know what matters most is not only parental supervision, but parental engagement that is based on love and understanding.

Lee Bruner on January 18, 2012 at 8:20 pm said:

In response to your post today “man up”, I do not know how many folks read your blog, but I look forward to it, and read every post.
- Bowen on January 18, 2012 at 8:49 pm said:
  
  Thank you Lee, I appreciate it. Could you tell Pollann how to subscribe? I don’t know.
carol anderson on January 19, 2012 at 1:03 pm said:

My husband just shared your blog with me. I like how you keep the main thing the main thing – Jesus- and have such a compassionate heart. I think that is what He had in mind. I’ll keep reading! Well done!
- Bowen on January 19, 2012 at 2:08 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much Carol. I’m sort of taken aback that a few people really do read this.
Glenn Oppel on January 19, 2012 at 1:52 pm said:

Not that I’ll ever listen to hip hop, but this is the sort of effort that creates cultural transformation. I would say that one of the biggest threats to youth today is media – music, TV, video games, etc. I don’t want to suggest that I didn’t have the same challenges growing up in the 80s, but those challenges were less pronounced and ubiquitous. Christianity has to offer cultural alternatives for youth that are compelling, which is not an easy endeavor. But, ultimately, as a parent I know what matters most is not only parental supervision, but parental engagement that is based on love and understanding.