Being a multimillionaire these days isn’t what it used to be. But it’s still an easy way to classify those in the upper echelons of our society. If you’re one of the three people reading this who fall into this category and have the ability to solve most of your […]
Herb Reese
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Dad had never wept before. Not even at Grandma Reese’s funeral. At least I had never seen him. So it came as quite a shock, the day Dad wept. To say that Dad was quiet and an introvert is putting it mildly. I’m quiet and introverted too. But I’m downright […]
I’ve moved often over the years, both as a single man and while married. So I’ve collected a number of bad neighbor stories that inspire me to think about what it means to be a good–and bad–neighbor. Take the lout across the street from us who constantly yelled at his […]
After having conducted workshops at over 150 men’s conferences over the past 19 years, I can summarize the men’s ministry topics covered at these conferences under ten general headings.
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How to Use Story and Illustration to Motivate Your Men to Do Good By Herb Reese Early on in my ministry I sat through a seminar given by my lifelong friend, Dr. Don Sunukjian (pronounced Sa-Noo-key-an), professor of homiletics at Talbot Seminary. The title […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog A Single Mom’s Gift from God: An Interview with Emily Colson By Herb Reese Emily Colson, daughter of Prison Fellowship founder, Chuck Colson, shares how she found God’s blessing in the midst of trial as a single mom and mother of an autistic son. […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Should You Tell Your Wife Immediately About Your Pornography Addiction? By Herb Reese Pornography is the crabgrass in the lawn of men’s ministry. No matter how many seminars are held, how many books are written, how many messages are delivered, the problem just pops […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Emphasize Safety From the Very Beginning of Your Men’s Team Ministry By Herb Reese All ministry involves liability. While you should not let liability issues stop you from doing biblical ministry, you can mitigate liability by stressing safety from the first day of your […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog What Widows and Single Moms Need from the Church By Herb Reese Here’s a question seldom asked in the local church: What do widows and single moms actually need from the church and how can we address those needs? This post summarizes what […]
The more I think about developing an online community for men’s team ministry, the more excited I get. Here are my thoughts about what this community might look like. It will have three “spaces”: a meeting space, a classroom space, and a bonus space. 1. A meeting space for those […]
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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Using Teams of Men to Serve Widows and Single Moms is Culture Specific By Herb Reese Men’s Team Ministry is a Pragmatic Way to Express the Love of Christ I speak and write a lot about men’s team ministry. But I don’t want to […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog The Day Azerbaijani Rebels Liberated New Commandment from Russian Hackers By Herb Reese “Herb, have you checked your website this morning?” Long before Russian hackers hacked into the DNC and Sidney Blumenthal’s emails to Hillary Clinton, they discovered the strategic importance of New Commandment […]
I’ve mentioned Dixie in a previous post about losing weight. While my dog, a German shepherd husky mix, may seem to have little to do with my three major blogging topics-men’s team ministry to the widowed and single parents, men’s ministry in general, and the pressing needs around us-the spiritual […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog How Your Church Can Quit the Moving Business without Guilt By Herb Reese Over the years, I’ve often asked the men in my workshops how many of them have helped someone in their church move. Well over ninety percent raise their hands, often groaning […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Consider Closing in Prayer on Your Care Receiver’s Front Lawn By Herb Reese The vision Here’s the vision: a team of four godly and faithful men showing up once a month for years on the front porch of a widow, widower or single parent […]
We just got through the holiday season, which means we all received a tsunami of requests for donations from charities, New Commandment Men’s Ministries included. But more than a few of us may be experiencing “Giver’s Remorse,” a subtle regret that maybe it wasn’t so smart to shove that $50 […]
New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Why Didn’t the Practice of the Love of Christ Preclude the Civil War? By Herb Reese I know it sounds naive to even ask this question, but if America in the early 19th century could be regarded as primarily a “Christian” nation, meaning the […]
As just about everyone who reads this blog knows, my ministry trains men to show the love of Christ to the widowed, single parents, and others with long term needs in their church and community. We do this by forming men into teams and assigning each team to serve a […]