Doppelganger: German translation “double-goer”, a non-biologically related look-alike or double of a living person. A few weeks ago, as I walked into my local Starbucks to get my usual tall Pike, no room and settle down for some writing, the barista looked at me and her jaw dropped. “You have […]
Herb Reese
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After twenty-five years of experience with men’s team ministry, I can quickly discern when a church’s men’s team ministry is doing something right. It’s simple: it has “the wow factor.” The wow factor is hard to define. You just know it when you see it. Below are some examples. You […]
It’s a great morning in Arvada, Colorado. It snowed four inches last night and I have a new snow blower. (Technically, it’s a “snow thrower.” A snow thrower has only one stage that uses the augur to “throw” the snow out the shoot. A “snow blower” has two stages: the […]
For those of you who didn’t read the post, three weeks ago I asked my readers to pray for the State of Delaware. The reason is because Delaware is the only state where I haven’t been able to help a church start a men’s team ministry to their widowed and […]
Since several hundred pastors read my blog, every now and then I like to focus on those of us who are and talk a little shop. For those of you who aren’t, you need to know that good preaching is much more difficult than it looks. Back in the day, […]
“Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, for to this you were called that you may inherit a blessing. For whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. […]
I woke Patti up as I leaped out of bed in the dead of night last Monday morning. “What’s the matter?” she asked with a groggy voice. “Someone’s pounding at our door!” I quickly got into my jeans and began running around frantically checking doors. “Nothing in front,” I thought […]
It’s not often a book written for men can be described as a page-turner, but that’s exactly what Rise of the Servant Kings: What the Bible Says about Being a Man by Ken Harrison, the Chairman of the Board of Promise Keepers and a onetime police officer with the LAPD, […]
When the church ignores its widows it results in disfavor in the general population, which in turn results in the name of Christ being blasphemed.
When reading about the history of the early church in the book of Acts, or when perusing the letters the Apostles wrote to their churches scattered around the Northeastern Mediterranean, it doesn’t take long to notice the importance the church placed on meeting the needs of widows and others in […]