Jake McCluskeyStand Your Watch

Field Guides for Men

Free Guides

Short, plain guides for the hardest moments in a man's life. One per fight. No email required, no catch. Read them here or take the PDF with you. Made to be carried, not just read once.

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Leading Someone to Christ

How to bring a friend across the line without being weird

The everyday gospel conversation, without the ambush or the sales pitch.

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Am I Actually Saved?

For the man who cannot shake the doubt

Assurance for the man who prayed the prayer and still lies awake sure it did not take.

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Day One

The new man's first thirty days

You just crossed over. Here is what to do next.

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Make It Stick

Reading the Bible when you always quit by February

Why men quit, and a way in that actually holds.

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The Watch

A daily rhythm for the man who's never had one

A simple, repeatable daily post you can actually keep.

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Wolves

The tests to run before you trust a man with your soul

The most dangerous false teacher is the one you like. Here is how to test him.

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Cover Her

A husband's prayers for his wife

Real prayers a husband can pray over his wife, by name and by need.

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The Repair

How a man rebuilds trust he broke

Sorry is cheap. Repair is not. How to actually rebuild what you broke.

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The Blessing

Words a father speaks over his son and his daughter

A blessing you can read out loud over your kids, even if you were never blessed yourself.

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Ten Minutes

Leading your family in the Word when you feel unqualified

A dead-simple format you can run at the table tonight.

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The 2am Battle Plan

Fighting the thing that comes for you in the dark

A plan to run in the middle of the night, when temptation and despair pick their hour.

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Cut It Off

A man's field manual for beating porn

Grace over shame, and the practical fight, for the man sick of losing.

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When He Falls

Showing up for a brother who relapsed

How to stay in it without shaming him or enabling him.

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Sit With Him

How to be there for a man who wants to die

What to do when someone you love is suicidal. Careful, and clear.

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Coming Home

For the man the war followed home

PTSD, moral injury, and faith, for the veteran the tour did not release.

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At the Graveside

What to say to the grieving, and what to leave unsaid

How to show up for a grieving friend without wounding him.

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The First Week

Walking a friend through a divorce, a firing, a diagnosis

How to be there in the hard stretch, after the crowd goes home.