Men and Stewardship
Every time I go to church I'm happy to see the little girl altar servers, but it's usually followed by a sad thought... where are the altar boys? Then I look around and I see... about two-thirds of the volunteer roles in church are filled by women. That's a stark contrast to when I was young. I look at the Knights of Columbus, a male fraternal organization dedicated to service, and I see only grey hair. I look in the pews and I notice the same trend. A quick search shows that it's not just my experience. Men are just not as involved in religious life and service.** But does that extend to the rest of our society? (Of course I've decided to go down this rabbit hole.) The first thing I came across after I started digging into this was a study about employment and volunteering . Crazy as it sounds, unemployment pretty much prohibits men from volunteering, while women use part-time or not working as an opportunity for involvement....