Name: The Forming Men Retreat 2027
Start: 2027-11-08T17:00:00-06:00
End: 2027-11-11T09:00:00-06:00
Location: Selah Springs Ranch

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45 men · Selah Springs Ranch · phones offNov 8–11, 2027 · Brady, TX

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45 men. Phones in the box. A river, a fire, and four days to do the work most of us keep putting off.

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1,000

Acres of Texas ranch

Days on property

Phones

There is so much confusion about what it means to be a man. This leaves many of us wondering what to do with our strength, our wounds, our longings, and our gifts. Some men bottle their frustration and sadness; others overcompensate through achievement and accomplishment. Others take the time to process God’s vision for their life and to deal with their longings and pain. We created the Forming Men Retreat as a place to do just this: to form men’s hearts to reject the passivity of our moment, without becoming a caricature of our culture.

01 — Why come

There is so much confusion about what it means to be a man.

This leaves many of us wondering what to do with our strength, our wounds, our longings, and our gifts. Some men bottle their frustration and sadness; others overcompensate through achievement and accomplishment. Others take the time to process God’s vision for their life and to deal with their longings and pain. We created the Forming Men Retreat as a place to do just this: to form men’s hearts to reject the passivity of our moment, without becoming a caricature of our culture.

Make sense of your story

Name your wounds, your gifts, and the pattern God has been writing in you all along. Out loud, with men who are listening.

Clarify your calling

God entrusted you with a sphere of influence and a calling to use your strength on behalf of others. Leave knowing what that is.

Don’t do it alone

45 men, one ranch, four days. Brothers who will take you seriously, listen deeply, and encourage fiercely.

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Men gathered by the water for a teaching session at the ranch

02 — What it is

An immersive, formative four days. Not a conference.

We have designed an immersive, formative experience to help you make sense of your story, redeem your pain, identify your gifts, clarify your vision, and live out your calling. And you will not do this alone. You will be surrounded by a like-minded community of brothers who will take you seriously, listen deeply, and encourage fiercely.

We believe God entrusted each of us with a sphere of influence and a calling to use our strength on behalf of others. That happens best when men are formed into the image of Jesus and bring his passion, kindness, anger, joy, and hope to the world. Some may roll their eyes at an event like this. Yet we believe the world needs men like Jesus, and spaces like this to encounter him in breakthrough ways.

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03 — Phones offRead this part twice

Your phone goes in the box. All four days.

This is a no phone, no internet retreat. It is not a suggestion and there is no exception for the important guy. The men who get the most out of these four days are the ones who are actually here for them.

Men seated outdoors at golden hour, listening, no phones in sight

Day 1

You hand it in

At registration, before dinner. Powered off, labeled, locked up. Text your people before you pull through the gate.

All retreat

Your family can still reach you

Your family gets an emergency line answered by our team around the clock. If something real happens at home, we walk to wherever you are and get you. The number is on your seat page before you travel.

Day 4

You get it back

Thursday, Nov 11, 9:00 AM, as you leave. Most men say they wish they had another day without it.

Why so strict? Because presence is the whole point. You cannot face your story with one eye on your inbox.

Some men live their whole lives with their deepest desires and questions left unmet and unanswered. It doesn’t have to be that way. That is why we take 45 men to a ranch in Texas, lock up the phones, and give four days to the work most of us keep putting off. Most men haven’t been taught how to be one. Not really. We were handed a job, a few expectations, and told to figure out the rest. So we carry things nobody knows about, and we get very good at looking fine. This retreat is where you set that down. You will tell the truth about your story. You will be listened to by men who are not trying to fix you. You will eat very well, laugh more than you expect, and leave with a clear picture of what God has put in your hands. It is a small room on purpose. Come.

04 — A letter from Jon and Jeff

Forming Men

Brady, Texas

Spring 2027

Dear brother,

Most men haven’t been taught how to be one. Not really. We were handed a job, a few expectations, and told to figure out the rest. So we carry things nobody knows about, and we get very good at looking fine.

This retreat is where you set that down. You will tell the truth about your story. You will be listened to by men who are not trying to fix you. You will eat very well, laugh more than you expect, and leave with a clear picture of what God has put in your hands.

It is a small room on purpose. Come.

See you at the ranch.

Jon

Co-founder

Jeff

Co-founder

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05 — Who leads it

Your guides

Jeff and Jon have a combined 30 years of working with and thinking about men, masculinity, and what it takes to form them. They are on the ranch with you the whole time: teaching, at the table, at the fire.

On the ranch all four days

Guide

Jon Tyson

Pastor in New York City with a decades-long call to men. Author of Fighting Shadows and The Intentional Father.

Guide

Jefferson Bethke

NYT bestselling author. Leads men and fathers through Family Teams. Co-founder of Forming Men.

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A 1,000-acre, quintessential Texas ranch set on an idyllic river, with everything from a shooting range to axe throwing to kayaking across the property. All 45 of us stay on the ranch the whole time. We believe God is a God of spaces and places. Certain places are what Dallas Willard calls “thin places,” where heaven and earth touch closely together. Selah Springs has been a place of Christian witness for years, and there is no better ground for these four days.

Aerial view of the lodge at Selah Springs Ranch at sunset

The river running through Selah Springs Ranch

06 — The ranch + travel

Selah Springs Ranch. Brady, Texas.

A 1,000-acre, quintessential Texas ranch set on an idyllic river, with everything from a shooting range to axe throwing to kayaking across the property. All 45 of us stay on the ranch the whole time.

We believe God is a God of spaces and places. Certain places are what Dallas Willard calls “thin places,” where heaven and earth touch closely together. Selah Springs has been a place of Christian witness for years, and there is no better ground for these four days.

FlyInto AUS or SAT. Either way it’s a scenic 2 hours drive to the ranch.

Land by1:00 PM on Monday, Nov 8.

Day 1Welcome and registration at 5:00 PM. Dinner at 6:00 PM.

LeaveWe wrap Thursday, Nov 11 at 9:00 AM. Plan to head for the airport around 10:00 AM.

RidesYou won’t need a car once you arrive. About 60 days out we’ll add you to the retreat group chat, where men coordinate rides from the airport and split rentals.

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07 — The table

The table matters. We don’t skimp.

At most retreats the food is an afterthought, there to make you not hungry. We believe the table is central to the Kingdom of God (Deut. 14:25–26), so it is central here.

Kiawe Outdoor caters the entire retreat: a team of advanced sommeliers from Maui who cook exclusively outdoors, over open fire. Trust us when we say it’s quite an experience.

01Every meal on the ranch is included

02Cooked outdoors over open fire

03Long tables, long dinners, no rush

Meat and pineapple hanging over an open fire under an oak

Men at a long table under the pavilion at night

08 — The four days

4 days.
One ranch.

Monday, Nov 8 to Thursday, Nov 11. Teaching, story groups, the land, the table, the fire. Unhurried on purpose. Schedule subject to change.

Day 1Monday, Nov 8

By 1:00 PMLand at AUS or SAT · drive to the ranch

5:00 PMWelcome · registration · phones in the box

6:00 PMFirst dinner over the fire

8:00 PMOpening session · first fire

Day 2Tuesday, Nov 9

7:00 AMCoffee · morning silence on the river

9:00 AMTeaching: your story

11:00 AMStory groups

2:00 PMRanch block: range, axes, kayaks

6:00 PMThe long table

8:30 PMFire

Day 3Wednesday, Nov 10

7:00 AMCoffee · morning silence

9:00 AMTeaching: your wounds and your gifts

11:00 AMStory groups

2:00 PMSolo time on the land

4:00 PMTeaching: your calling

6:30 PMThe feast

9:00 PMLast fire

Day 4Thursday, Nov 11

7:00 AMBreakfast

8:00 AMCommissioning

9:00 AMPhones back · depart

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I have been to a lot of men’s events. This is the only one where I said the thing I had never said out loud, and nobody flinched. I came home a different husband. Handing over my phone was the part I dreaded. By the second morning I didn’t want it back. I heard God more clearly in four days than in the last four years. I showed up not knowing a single man. I left with six brothers I talk to every week, and a page of clarity about what the next ten years are for.

09 — What men said

Men come home different

“I have been to a lot of men’s events. This is the only one where I said the thing I had never said out loud, and nobody flinched. I came home a different husband.”

Daniel R. · Past retreat · Dallas, TX

“Handing over my phone was the part I dreaded. By the second morning I didn’t want it back. I heard God more clearly in four days than in the last four years.”

Marcus T. · Past retreat · Birmingham, AL

“I showed up not knowing a single man. I left with six brothers I talk to every week, and a page of clarity about what the next ten years are for.”

Caleb W. · Past retreat · Columbus, OH

Lock in your seat. Lodging and every meal. You show up, we take care of the rest. Pay in full, or split it into 5 monthly payments: $599 a month for a shared room, $699 a month for a private room. Same total. No interest, no fees. Fully refundable or transferable for 7 days after you register. After that there are no refunds or reschedules — vendors are paid early — but a friend can take your spot: just email us. Airfare and rental cars are not included.

10 — Reserve45 men. Then it’s full.

Lock in your seat. We take care of the rest.

Lodging and every meal. You show up, we take care of the rest. Pay in full, or split it into 5 monthly payments: $599 a month for a shared room, $699 a month for a private room. Same total. No interest, no fees.

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Shared room

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5 payments of $599

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A room with one or two brothers
Request a roommate, or we’ll match you
Every meal by Kiawe Outdoor
Range, axes, kayaks, the whole ranch

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Only 6 available

Private room

$3,495all in

Or pay monthly

5 payments of $699

Same $3,495 total · no interest · no fees

Your own room on the ranch
Same table, same fire, same four days
Every meal by Kiawe Outdoor
Range, axes, kayaks, the whole ranch

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Leave your email and we’ll send the details, and a heads-up before the seats are gone. No spam.

Fully refundable or transferable for 7 days after you register. After that there are no refunds or reschedules — vendors are paid early — but a friend can take your spot: just email us. Airfare and rental cars are not included.

11 — How it works

Reserve to ranch

Two minutes to reserve. After that, one private page holds everything, and we walk you up to the gate.

Reserve

Pick your room. Pay in full, or start 5 monthly payments of $599 and your seat is locked today.

Your seat page

You get a private link. No login, no password. Everything about your retreat lives there.

Before you come

A short intake, your story, your flights, who you’re coming with, and your balance. Ten minutes at a time.

Show up

Phone in the box. We take it from there.

Start with step one

12 — FAQ

Questions

Yes. Your registration covers your room for all three nights and every meal on the ranch. We might head to town one day for a choose-your-own lunch, but that’s it. Once you’re on the ranch, we’ve got you. Airfare and rental cars are on you.

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Some men wait their whole lives.
It doesn’t have to be that way.

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The Forming Men Retreat — Nov 8–11, 2027, Selah Springs Ranch, Brady, TX

Four days on the ranch.Watch it first.