The final series of Lifelines in our Working Man series follows one epic Bible story, from Genesis: The brotherly saga of fraternal twins Jacob and Esau. Each stop in the journey will bring you and your co-travelers to a familiar place for many modern men looking to make their own way through the world as an enterprising, smart, resourceful and focused self-made individual.
Perhaps you’ll identify with Jacob, who works hard and pulls all the right strings to reach the highest of worldly stations. Or maybe you’ll feel the burn of Esau’s rage over being basically thrown overboard by his own kin. Either way you’ll recognize that brotherhood in all its forms — blood, business, whatever — breeds challenges to soul and tests of self-discovery that can bring us closer to God, even as we wrestle with Him.
