Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” John 20:17 …I looked, and there before me was one […]
Herb Reese
Do you know how much I love writing for you? I look forward to creating a new post for you every time I sit down at this keyboard. I hope you are as blessed by reading it as I am by writing it. This morning I was overwhelmed by a […]
The recent COVID-19 lockdown across the country has given me time to reflect on how glad I am that the Lord led me to transition New Commandment Men’s Ministries to an online ministry. Had I not done so, the ministry of training men in men’s conference workshops to do men’s […]
I recently read a published devotional by a well known Christian leader who is also someone I know personally. In it he describes how difficult it is sometimes for him to pray. “I must admit that I have found prayer strenuous, boring, and confusing at times.” Like my friend, all […]
“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’ – yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for […]
Today is April 1st. And yes, it’s April Fools Day. But the issue I’m writing about is no joke because today is also the first time rent is due for millions of workers who have suddenly and dramatically lost their job through no fault of their own. The COVID-19 pandemic […]
Today is April 1st. And yes, it’s April Fools Day. But the issue I’m writing about is no joke because today is also the first time rent is due for millions of workers who have suddenly and dramatically lost their job through no fault of their own. The COVID-19 pandemic […]
I recently learned something fascinating about my father’s relatives: The reason they immigrated to America from Norway was because they were fleeing religious persecution. Oppdal, Norway, located about two hundred miles north of Oslo, is a small, thriving country town complete with its own mall, community theater…and ski resort. Oppdal […]
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“When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, ‘The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.’” Judges 6:12 Wham! Wham! Wham! Hot, sweaty, dirty, smelly Gideon hated threshing wheat in the bottom of his wine press. It was the ultimate humiliation. But threshing wheat in the bottom of […]