This week, we have the pleasure of hosting the Manival, a weekly “blog carnival” that rounds up contributions from the four corners of the cyberglobe to present you with stimulating reading about marriage, relationships, chivalry, courage, character, and all things manly. The Manival was started by the Art of Manliness blog. To submit an article for next week, click here.

• Cory from A Good Husband presents The Tipping Point in Marriage — What sent your marriage over the edge? What turned your marriage around? At what point did your marriage change?
• At the Harrowed Parent, John presents 20 Reasons for Husbands to do Housework.
• Corey discusses some lighthearted (and some risqué) ways to Add Some Spice to a Ho-Hum Marriage at The Simple Marriage Project.

• Miserere.org’s own contribution this week is a Fr. John Fullerton’s three-part series on protecting your children from the perils of an ever-more-dangerous world: Part 1: Child-Rearing in the Culture of Death; Part 2: Discipline and Responsibility; and Part 3: Character Training.
• Jeremy at the Discovering Dad blog shares some reasons why Family Time is the Best Time.
• For working dads everywhere, Joe from Silly Daddy discusses How to Balance Being a Parent with Being an Artist.

• Dustin of dBlogIt issues a call to action — Go Man Camping Like Noah John Rondeau (But Not as Long). But at Man Tripping (which you might say specializes in “guy weekends” and “mancations”), James argues instead for Taos Ski Valley Summer Mancation.
• After presenting the basics of a “Man Cave”, Derek presents Chris Gray’s Man Cave, in what will hopefully be the first of a long series of Man Cave Mondays.

• Babbo presents The Fear of Losing My Wife, posted at Daddy Brain.
• Israel candidly presents his struggles with weight loss and dieting in Weight Loss Confession, posted at Fat Man Unleashed.
• John ponders the value of Life Shepherds at The Night Writer.

• Kevin of the Return to Manliness blog chooses to focus on physical combat in his article, How To Protect Yourself In A Bar Fight. If you’d rather not break bones, then you might prefer to break-in (and care for) your baseball cap.
• Dad of Divas presents the Best Way to Mow A Lawn.