Last month’s Illuman newsletter began with Chuck’s timely reflection regarding suicide statistics and awareness. The topic is much in the news these days, and personally I was really quite heartened and glad to read Chuck’s sharing and I let him know that…

In June 2018 several men from the Southwestern Ohio Illuman Small Group participated in their second annual day of wandering at Caesar Creek Sate Park. The men in attendance were invited to contemplate the masculine side to what most people describe as "Mother Nature." What follows are the reflections of two men who participated in this event...

I've been a bit shaken up by the recent suicide of Anthony Bordain. From the outside it looked as if he was doing creative, meaningful work that he loved while enjoying great material success. Apparently much more was going on below the surface. He is now the latest in a string of prominent men who have taken their own lives…
We in Illuman believe we have an alternative to this dangerous form of toxic masculinity...