From the monthly archives:

June 2005

My Marriage, and Being on Hiatus

by Rhett Smith on June 17, 2005

If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married. Dueteronomy 24:5 NIV When a man takes a new wife, he is not [...]

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Meeting my childhood hero! Good “omen” prior to my wedding!

by Rhett Smith on June 14, 2005

I rarely get too excited when I see a famous person, whether they are in movies, sports, music or politics. Though I imagine there are a few that I might get pretty excited about. Maybe that’s because I live in Los Angeles, and it’s not uncommon to see movie stars when I pick up my [...]

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Interesting article on Rob Bell

by Rhett Smith on June 14, 2005

This is an interesting article on Rob Bell whom I posted about on June 4th.

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The Leaders of Today: Bel Air’s college students shine through servant leadership

by Rhett Smith on June 14, 2005

Here we touch the most important quality of Christian leadership in the future. It is not a leadership of power and control, but a leadership of powerlessness and humility in which the suffering servant of God, Jesus Christ, is made manifest. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Henri Nouwen It would be [...]

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Just to stir the pot from yesterday’s blog post….

by Rhett Smith on June 10, 2005

“The basic premise that men need a princess to rescue has set back male/female relationship in the church by 30 years. He sanctifies a mythological view of 1950s male hood,” said Chapman Clark, associate professor of youth, family, and culture at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California. This article was released about 6 months ago. So [...]

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The scary trend towards a new maleness and Christian identity

by Rhett Smith on June 9, 2005

I am no expert on the battle that seems to be raging in our country, and our world, in regards to gender identity. But I have been thinking on this issue a lot, and my thoughts are only in the preliminary stages, so as to make any arguements or statements I make, a little rough [...]

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Dualing Online Personalities–Cyberspace Identity

by Rhett Smith on June 8, 2005

If there is not a speciality developing in psychology that deals with this area, then it is probably on the way. And what area is that? Anytime you and I get online there is a good chance that we might act a little differently than how we might act in person. This is not limited [...]

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Deepening Our Conversation With God

by Rhett Smith on June 7, 2005

What a great surprise today when I was browsing around Christianity Today-Leadership and came across a conversation from 1982 between Henri Nouwen and Richard Foster. These two men are “giants” in the area of prayer, contemplative spirituality, etc., and it was interesting to turn the clock back 23 years ago to see what they were [...]

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“I love evangelicals. You can get them to do anything. The challenge is, you’ve also got to soften their judgmental attitudes before they can be effective.” says one of Yancey’s friends.

by Rhett Smith on June 5, 2005

Philip Yancey is one of the great writers out there, and he more than anyone else tends to have his pulse on the evangelical mindset. His writing is both intellectually stimulating and academic, but personal and accessible to a reader. In his latest article in Christianity Today, A Quirky and Vibrant Mosaic, he explores the [...]

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A couple of new books with a lot of buzz…

by Rhett Smith on June 4, 2005

My reading has slowed to a grinding, almost dead halt these last couple of weeks as I’m getting ready to get married. Funny what wedding preparation does to your reading schedule. But there are two books that I am excited about reading, and of which I have been hearing all kinds of buzz about. And [...]

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