The Sandbox

by Herb Reese

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog

The Sandbox

By Herb Reese

A backyard flagstone project awakens Herb Reese’s childhood memory of the sandbox his father built for him. After one spectacularly soapy mistake, young Herb expected punishment but received mercy instead. The story recalls a father’s tenderness, the relief of forgiveness, and a dinner table that quietly embodied grace and abundance.

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Herb Reese

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.

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