A Guy's Guide to the Good Life - Virtues for Men

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By Robert Lockwood

What if the good life has less to do with prestige and plenty and more to do with prudence, hope and faith? Would you still want a guide to get there? Maybe the idea of a life based on the virtues creates an uneasy feeling. Too hard, you might think, too boring. Robert Lockwood sets the record straight in A Guy’s Guide to the Good Life.

Lockwood weaves Scripture, Church teaching and everyday stories—from Babe Ruth’s funeral to the author’s doomed efforts to make the varsity basketball team—revealing the virtues for what they really are: a call to action and our tie to the living God.

The virtuous life isn’t just the good life; it’s the best life, the life you were made for.

A good read, but a little dry

Everyone needs to grow in virtue. It does not matter if you are a guy or a girl, you just need to grow in virtue, and that is what A Guy's Guide to the Good Life: Virtues for Men is designed to do. Oftentimes guys don't seem to think that they need virtue. They think that they are too macho to live virtuous lives. Robert Lockwood is a man's man and tells it like it is. He explains to his readers not only the need to live virtuous lives, but also give practical advice on how to live out a virtuous life.

Lockwood takes each of the seven virtues (prudence, fortitude, temperence, justice, faith, hope, and charity) and shares with his readers stories from his life that really connect with men. The book is broken up into two sections. The first section discusses the cardinal virtues (prudence, fortitude, temperance and justice) and the second half discusses the theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity).

Lockwood does an excellent job at discussing what the virt Full Review...

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