Men’s 2025 Retreat

Dangerous for Good:
Redeeming Masculinity from Empire

Date and Time:

Date: December 5 - 7, 2025
Location: Stony Point Retreat Center,
17 Cricketown Rd, Stony Point, NY 10980
Cost: $100 If you stay overnight (Fri. & Sat. or just Sat.)
$50 for Saturday Only-No Overnight (meals included)

Retreat Theme Write Up:

Much has been said about toxic masculinity, and rightly so. But being a Christian man isn’t just about avoiding harm—it’s about embodying good. What if the real question isn’t, “How do we avoid being toxic?” but, “How do we use our masculinity in the way of Jesus?”

Scripture: Micah 6:8, Luke 4:18–19, John 18:36.

We live in a world where masculinity has been hijacked by empire, weaponized into power, entitlement, and control. But the divine intent for masculine energy was never domination; it was to defend, not to control, but to cover, not to subdue but to liberate.

What if our strength isn’t a curse but a calling, our privilege not a source of shame, but a tool for radical justice, inclusion, grace, and welcome?

Like Batman operating in the shadows for those the world overlooks, sacred masculinity becomes a shield for the vulnerable, a voice for the silenced, a wall against injustice. It steps into discomfort, risks criticism, breaks old codes of silence, and stands with women, immigrants, trans and queer siblings, people of color, and all who are erased or diminished.

Liberating masculinity is costly. It’s not about what we get back—it’s about what we give, knowing the only reward promised is the quiet affirmation of God and the brotherhood of those who refuse to bow to empire.

This is not a call to be less of a man.
It’s a call to be the kind of man the world needs—a man whose power is repurposed for liberation, whose privilege is weaponized for love, and whose masculinity reflects the justice and mercy of God.