From Publishers Weekly
Dallas-based preacher Jakes's breakout book, Woman, Thou Art Loosed, established his unique brand of self-help literature saturated with biblical stories. In this new book, bound for bestsellerdoom, he turns his attention to "a man's relationships," using the many-sided King David as his starting point. Jakes is by no means the first writer to troll David's story for insights into masculinity, but he brings an inimitable combination of street smarts and worldly panache to the task. He also draws on the stories of countless men who have come to him for advice on coping with success and failure, sex and love, and relating to their fathers and sons. His recollections of his own struggles, especially a moving section about the death of his father when Jakes was 16, balance his religious, ambitious prose with an uncommon transparency. The quality of the writing falters in the second half, as Jakes expounds rather conventionally on the arenas of power, money and sex—the "PMS" he says can sabotage a marriage. Indeed, unmarried men may find this book off-putting, so strong is Jakes's assumption that family is the center of masculine identity. But his distinctly unmacho vision of fatherhood, friendship and lifelong marital romance will be appreciated by men who embrace his call to be "men in motion, trying to move toward what God wants us to be." Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


From AudioFile
In a dramatic and effective reading, a businessman and church leader uses powerful stories to show how men can overcome their hang-ups about their emotional lives. Be honest with yourself, then with God, then with others, he tells us, with words that draw on a deep understanding of human nature and the Bible. Offering a mature overview, the program helps with the challenges men face in getting support from others and ignoring unhealthy models of masculinity. Jakes makes a heartfelt invitation to each listener to be a man who is connected to the real world of other people: "It's time to move, men. It's time to swim with the current of your maleness and discover the secret of who you really are." T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine


From Booklist
Jakes follows Woman, Thou Art Loosed! (1994) with a book aimed at aiding men reclaiming their lives from the stereotypes about masculinity, which dictate that men show no emotions. Through intimate personal stories of his own journey to develop as a pastor, husband, and father, Jakes encourages men to delve into the emotional and spiritual aspects of themselves. He uses Bible stories to illustrate how men struggle in their spiritual development, and he explores how our culture discourages men from revealing their inner emotions; how emotionally distant fathers pass along the inclination to their sons; and the cost to men who are unable to develop closer relationships with friends, women, and children. Jakes offers practical advice on how men can improve communication with those who are important in their lives. The book is divided into sections that advise taking inventory and making improvements in relationship with self, time (stages of life), father, other men, women, children, and God. Each section includes questions as exercises for men and women to promote greater self-awareness. Vernon Ford
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Book Description
T. D. Jakes has helped millions of women discover the glorious truth of who they are. His bestseller The Lady, Her Lover and Her Lord was a groundbreaking look at a woman's most important relationships-with God, with the man in her life, and with herself-and was the first step toward hope and healing for women across the nation.

Now Bishop Jakes brings his unique perspective to this revealing look into the heart and mind of a man.

Men feel the pressure of fulfilling many roles in life: husband, father, son, businessman, and leader. Now Bishop Jakes comes to their aid with this guidebook to help every man understand his own emotional inner workings, and to offer biblically inspired direction toward being the man God wants him to be.

Practical, inspirational, and refreshingly honest, He-Motions is also the ultimate source for women who seek to comprehend and care for the men in their lives. It will help them decode men's often-baffling behavior and will offer eye-opening insights that will bring greater intimacy and healing to their relationships.

He-Motions will bring clarity and hope to men and help them strengthen their relationships with themselves, with the women in their lives, and ultimately, with their God. It is the book that millions of men and women have been waiting for.


About the Author
Bishop T. D. Jakes is the author of the bestsellers God's Leading Lady, The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord; Maximize the Moment; The Great Investment; His Lady; and Woman, Thou Art Loosed!, which is also the basis for a bestselling video and CD.

His daily morning show, The Potter's Touch, and weekly broadcast, The Potter's House, air on Trinity Broadcasting Network and Black Entertainment Television, as well as in Europe and South America. Bishop Jakes is the founder and pastor of The Potter's House, one of the fastest-growing churches in the nation, where he pastors an interracial congregation of more than twenty-eight thousand members. Also a highly successful entrepreneur, he has pioneered three multimillion-dollar corporations and travels the world as an invited guest of foreign diplomats and presidents to discuss personal and economic empowerment.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

As husbands, fathers, sons, workers, and leaders, sometimes men feel overwhelmed. Now Bishop T.D. Jakes comes to their aid with a guidebook to help them understand their own emotional selves and find biblically inspired direction toward being the men God wants them to be. Also a complete source for women who seek to comprehend and care for the men in their lives, He-Motions helps decode men's often baffling behavior and offers insights that will bring greater intimacy and healing to relationships. This book has brought clarity and hope to men, helping them strengthen their relationships.T.D. Jakes is the prism through which we can learn about comtemporary American religion...one of America's most important preachers.(Shayne Lee, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Houston)

Author Biography: T.D. Jakes, the bestselling author of dozens of books, is the founder and pastor of The Potter's House, one of the fastest-growing churches in the nation, where he leads an interracial congregation of more than 28,000. A highly successful entrepreneur who has pioneered three multi-million-dollar corporations, he travels the world as an invited guest of diplomats and presidents.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Dallas-based preacher Jakes's breakout book, Woman, Thou Art Loosed, established his unique brand of self-help literature saturated with biblical stories. In this new book, bound for bestsellerdoom, he turns his attention to "a man's relationships," using the many-sided King David as his starting point. Jakes is by no means the first writer to troll David's story for insights into masculinity, but he brings an inimitable combination of street smarts and worldly panache to the task. He also draws on the stories of countless men who have come to him for advice on coping with success and failure, sex and love, and relating to their fathers and sons. His recollections of his own struggles, especially a moving section about the death of his father when Jakes was 16, balance his religious, ambitious prose with an uncommon transparency. The quality of the writing falters in the second half, as Jakes expounds rather conventionally on the arenas of power, money and sex-the "PMS" he says can sabotage a marriage. Indeed, unmarried men may find this book off-putting, so strong is Jakes's assumption that family is the center of masculine identity. But his distinctly unmacho vision of fatherhood, friendship and lifelong marital romance will be appreciated by men who embrace his call to be "men in motion, trying to move toward what God wants us to be." (July 15) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Bishop Jakes does for men what he did for women in The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord, freeing them up for greater emotional openness through God. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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