Herb Reese

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Herb Reese is an author, public speaker and President of New Commandment Men's Ministries. Herb has a B.A. in History from UCLA and a Th.M. in Pastoral Ministries from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has done post graduate work in The History of Ideas at University of Texas, Dallas and in Church Administration at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. After serving as a pastor over a period of twenty years, Herb founded New Commandment Men's Ministries, a ministry dedicated to helping churches recruit, train, organize and deploy teams of men who permanently adopt their widowed and single parents. Herb has served as President of New Commandment since 2003 and has helped 1,000 churches develop men's team ministries in all 50 states and eight foreign countries. Herb and his wife, Patti, live in Arvada, Colorado, and have three adult children.

“Go Tell My Brothers” – Jesus’ Second Human Race

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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog “Go Tell My Brothers” – Jesus’ Second Human Race By Herb Reese   For the last few years I’ve been enjoying exploring my family tree on Ancestry.com. Since I was a “surprise” baby – my mother was 44 and my father 47 when I was […]

My Surprising and Spiritually Refreshing Visit to The British Museum

I don’t know if you’ve ever been to London, but if you go, don’t miss The British Museum. It will be an unexpected source of spiritual encouragement for you. Patti attended a medical conference in Europe the last couple of weeks and I tagged along for fun. Besides maintaining her […]

Exclusivity and the Church

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New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Exclusivity and the Church By Herb Reese   Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things […]

Faded Love: Without a Plan, It’s Inevitable

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Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:8 Widowhood is all about the experience of overwhelming loss: the loss of a loved one you have spent years nurturing a relationship with, building a home with, raising children with, eating meals with, paying bills with, watching TV with, making love with… And then […]

On Finishing Well

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who […]

Serving Widows and Single Moms is Not Rocket Science, People

“Simple things for simple people.” I like that saying because I’m one of those simple people. I don’t like complexity, chaos and confusion. That’s why I make my bed every day. It’s a simple thing I can do to add order to my life. An unmade bed, with blankets, sheets […]

Balancing Attitudes Toward the Righteous Poor and the Rightfully Poor

One of the jobs I had while working my way through seminary was serving as a valet car parker at private parties in the homes of wealthy people in Dallas. Going to the Turtle Creek mansions of wealthy and important people and parking their guests’ Cadillacs, Rolls Royces and Corvettes […]

Presenting Yourself to God: Good Works and Moral Purity

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog Presenting Yourself to God: Good Works and Moral Purity By Herb Reese   Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James […]