Samson and the Pirate Monks
Calling Men to Authentic Brotherhood
by Nate Larkin

Nate Larkin has not only written a book... he has illuminated a dark hallway. The dark hallway is the role of men and friendship in a Christian context. Nate starts this book with his own journey and he does not mince words. His story is painful & powerful because of its "no holds barred" honesty -- which is too often missing in "Christian testimonies." Larkin then proceeds to show how his story and the lessons he learned prompted him to seek a better way. A better way for Christian men to find friendship and fellowship in a sanitized, feminized Christian/Evangelical world.

Nate co-founded the The Samson Society to fill the tremendous need he saw in the Church for men to really connect; really listen and really be heard. The Samson Society provides that missing element, not just for Christian men but for any 21st Century Man wondering who he is, where his friends are and how to develop relationships in this isolated, plastic, cyber-ridden existence we call American Society in a post modern age.

Hats off (pirate hats) off to Nate for his writing, his courage and his example. But be warned -- if you buy this book and love it as much as I do... you could quickly become a bore for talking about nothing else!! I travel a lot in my job and I think I have spread the gospel of Samson just about everywhere I have been in the past 6 months.

Grab your sword and come aboard, mate! Arrrgh!
By Charles Jones (Franklin, TN USA)