What's in the guide
Part One: Setting the Fire
- Courage, and good men around you
- A place: garage, porch, man cave
- No pot gets passed around
- Dry wood or a smokeless ring
- Every other week, 6:30 to 8:00
Part Two: Running the Night
- Greeting time. Men will be late.
- Ground rules: we stay in our lane
- Pray, then ask for volunteers
- A topic and a trusted voice
- Go around the fire. Manage the table.
Part Three: Keeping It Going
- Be willing to have no one show up
- Let a man sit back
- Let every willing man tell who he is
- Drop the topic when a man needs you
- Be led by the Lord
From the guide: the hand squeeze
We close in prayer, holding hands, going around the fire. If a man doesn't want to pray, he squeezes the next man's hand, and it passes on.
Nobody is singled out. The man who isn't ready doesn't have to feel bad. Praying out loud is hard, but this works.
Men holding men up in Christ.
The fire ring
You don't have to buy anything
Mine is a piece of three-foot steel pipe. I cut the crosses out with a torch.
The benches are cable spools and a plank. Use what you have. Burn dry wood and you'll have a lot less smoke.
If you'd rather buy one, a smokeless fire ring does the job. Nobody is sponsoring this page, so pick whichever one you like.
Where the fire leads
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101
Start the Fire
This guide. No Bible knowledge needed. First night: "What's wrong with my wife?"
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102
Open the Book
The free three-book Bible study, for when the group is steady and believers are coming.
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201
Go Deeper
The Unseen Battle books, a chapter each time you meet. Every chapter ends with questions for the fire pit.