<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816020151923466005</id><updated>2011-04-21T13:20:12.230-07:00</updated><category term='Christ'/><category term='Jesus'/><category term='masculinity'/><category term='Catholic'/><category term='Brenden J Preiss'/><category term='faith'/><category term='Religion'/><category term='God'/><category term='hope'/><category term='Men'/><title type='text'>Band of Brothers-Developing Masculinity</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>johnpreiss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02157880639822087426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SY89yxTf46I/AAAAAAAAAAM/_P7Kkt8R1Yc/S220/2008+ffa+dedication+093.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816020151923466005.post-2653785137853014480</id><published>2009-05-11T06:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T06:50:46.930-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brenden J Preiss'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SggtAd_R4YI/AAAAAAAAABE/OI-eMznj1G0/s1600-h/ballet+2009+021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SggtAd_R4YI/AAAAAAAAABE/OI-eMznj1G0/s320/ballet+2009+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334563244693643650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 year old Brenden searching for tadpoles.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816020151923466005-2653785137853014480?l=johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/feeds/2653785137853014480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/05/2-year-old-brenden-searching-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/2653785137853014480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/2653785137853014480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/05/2-year-old-brenden-searching-for.html' title=''/><author><name>johnpreiss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02157880639822087426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SY89yxTf46I/AAAAAAAAAAM/_P7Kkt8R1Yc/S220/2008+ffa+dedication+093.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SggtAd_R4YI/AAAAAAAAABE/OI-eMznj1G0/s72-c/ballet+2009+021.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816020151923466005.post-5025190297508139971</id><published>2009-05-11T06:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T06:42:54.324-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Karate:  Discipline</title><content type='html'>My 6 year old recently joined Karate.  The reason why I thought it would be good for him would be to help develop his coordination.   I wanted to share with all the high points of putting your sons in martial arts.  First, they stress discipline.  The instructors teach to obey parents and to listen to all adults with respect.  Second, they focus on grades.  The instructor will tell the kids that if they are not keeping up their grades then they do not need to be here participating in Karate.&lt;br /&gt;     Check this out it may be good your son.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816020151923466005-5025190297508139971?l=johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/feeds/5025190297508139971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/05/karate-discipline.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/5025190297508139971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/5025190297508139971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/05/karate-discipline.html' title='Karate:  Discipline'/><author><name>johnpreiss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02157880639822087426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SY89yxTf46I/AAAAAAAAAAM/_P7Kkt8R1Yc/S220/2008+ffa+dedication+093.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816020151923466005.post-6862819625532905666</id><published>2009-02-14T18:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T18:24:19.108-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Men'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='masculinity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catholic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>Men in the Church</title><content type='html'>Were has all the men gone?  I often wonder when I look in the bulletin of many churches and see that 90% of the people over the organizations are women.  I want to let you know I am not against women, I married one, a beautiful one at that.  Men need to be more profound in the Church.  Our boys need to see us praying in church, serving in church and being leaders in the church.  The past years alter girls have seeped in the Mass and it is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;inappropriate&lt;/span&gt;.  The alter servers are supposed to be for boys only and to help these boys discern for the priesthood.   I have one suggestion that I would like to make;  Start a girls club for the girls and let them be helpers to the alter society, and let the boys do their job as alter servers.  The feminist agenda is being pushed everywhere and we need to be aware of it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816020151923466005-6862819625532905666?l=johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/feeds/6862819625532905666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/02/men-in-church.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/6862819625532905666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/6862819625532905666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/02/men-in-church.html' title='Men in the Church'/><author><name>johnpreiss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02157880639822087426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SY89yxTf46I/AAAAAAAAAAM/_P7Kkt8R1Yc/S220/2008+ffa+dedication+093.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816020151923466005.post-611219860766056759</id><published>2009-02-09T16:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T16:31:13.282-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Father's Spend Time With Your Boys</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SZDKbjgaYmI/AAAAAAAAAAo/coaecgqUg_0/s1600-h/2008+fish+circus+263.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300959336151540322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SZDKbjgaYmI/AAAAAAAAAAo/coaecgqUg_0/s320/2008+fish+circus+263.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notice to all Fathers : Spend "quality" time with your boys. The time has come for real men to step up and be examples to your children. Spending time with your children is not sitting in the car and just riding with them. Young boys have been formulated with a tremendous amount of energy. This energy is very importmant to the fufilment to become men. They need to be formed and lead in the right direction. This formation should come from the Father.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My son Mark and I in the  woods after going through an abandon civil war cave.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816020151923466005-611219860766056759?l=johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/feeds/611219860766056759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/02/fathers-spend-time-with-your-boys.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/611219860766056759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/611219860766056759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/02/fathers-spend-time-with-your-boys.html' title='Father&apos;s Spend Time With Your Boys'/><author><name>johnpreiss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02157880639822087426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SY89yxTf46I/AAAAAAAAAAM/_P7Kkt8R1Yc/S220/2008+ffa+dedication+093.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SZDKbjgaYmI/AAAAAAAAAAo/coaecgqUg_0/s72-c/2008+fish+circus+263.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816020151923466005.post-6445475725306098117</id><published>2009-02-08T12:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T12:15:16.828-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Men'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catholic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>The Loss Of Masculinity Today</title><content type='html'>The loss of masculinity in our society today is evident.  What happened to the men?  Many men have been downgraded by there wife and society to boys not men.  The infiltration of the feminist movement has created a weakness in men today.  The lack of leadership and drive have made men just to be existing and not living out their true masculinity.  All men in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; Holy Bible are called to be like Christ and to the the provider and protector in the home.  In many homes the women have excepted this role and fall away from their original role as the beating heart of love in the home.  &lt;strong&gt;"Men take your home back".&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7816020151923466005-6445475725306098117?l=johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/feeds/6445475725306098117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/02/loss-of-masculinity-today.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/6445475725306098117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7816020151923466005/posts/default/6445475725306098117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johncpreiss-bandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2009/02/loss-of-masculinity-today.html' title='The Loss Of Masculinity Today'/><author><name>johnpreiss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02157880639822087426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q4QCwVorkKU/SY89yxTf46I/AAAAAAAAAAM/_P7Kkt8R1Yc/S220/2008+ffa+dedication+093.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
