Lovett Legacy – A 5-year Journey From Boyhood to Manhood

Lovett Legacy Shift One

From Ease to Difficulty

Boys want a life of ease. Men are willing to embrace difficulty.

For the next 10 weeks, Cale and I will be studying the life of Joseph. Through this study, we’ll explore how Joseph navigated the many challenges in his life and how he consistently responded in ways that glorified God.

  • Shift Two – From Self to Others

    Boys are inherently selfish. Men learn to put others before themselves. Over the next 10 weeks, Cale and I will be exploring the shift of selfishness to selflessness by studying the life of Moses. Week one will lay the foundation for this study by highlighting the fact that each one of us was born for…

  • Ease to Difficulty – Difficulty Day

    After Cale and I finished Shift One on Friday morning, I gave him an OU shirt and told him that we had tickets to the OU/TX football game the next day and would be spending the weekend in Dallas. We attended the Deer Creek football game Friday night to see the dedication of their stadium…

  • Ease to Difficulty: Week Ten – Legacy

    Boys think short term. Men think long term. The final week of shift one centered around the idea of leaving a legacy. Every time you start a new chapter in life, you leave a legacy behind. We talked about the kind of legacy Cale wants to leave at Cimarron Middle School, Memorial High School, etc.…

  • Ease to Difficulty: Week Nine – Change

    Boys cling. Men adjust. This week’s focus was focused on the appropriate way to handle change. Cale has had some big changes in his young life: Traveling in an RV for a year, re-acclimating to normal school, leaving his elementary school friends and the Edmond North pipeline to attend Cimarron Middle School, changing houses a…

  • October Badge/Challenge

    Cale has always been an avid reader, so I knew the September challenge would be a piece of cake. After reading through How to Talk to Anyone, Cale summarized the book with 12 specific tricks from the book that he can implement to be more confident, and to interact with others in a skillful way.…

  • Ease to Difficulty: Week Eight – Reconciliation

    Boys stay bitter, men forgive. This week focused on the reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers. We talked about conflict with friends, and the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation. Cale has a really solid group of friends, and there doesn’t seem to be much conflict, but there was one incident about a year ago which…