From the monthly archives:

February 2007

College Students and Vanity

by Rhett Smith on February 27, 2007

Vanity on the rise among college students according to the results of this survey. Interesting. Being a good student of Research Methodologies and Statistics I will have to hold off my judgment until I read the results of the survey, its methodology, etc. It seems that even the title of this test, “Narcissistic Personality Inventory” [...]

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Rob Bell and Donald Miller….asking the right questions

by Rhett Smith on February 23, 2007

In my work with college students it has been interesting to see what type of “Christian” writers and thinkers influence them. Though the list of people vary, there are usually a couple that are really influential at certain times in a ministry. Over the last couple of years two of those people have been Donald [...]

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So time is ticking away and we are getting closer to the Rob Bell event at UCLA. On Thursday, March 8th, Bell will be speaking about his new book Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality and opening up the time for discussion. This event is one of six campuses that Bell [...]

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Ash Wednesday: The Journey Begins

by Rhett Smith on February 21, 2007

“Remember that you are dust, And unto dust you shall return.” Instead of writing something new, I am looking back at an old post, Ash Wednesday and the Beginning of a Journey, which reflects on the journey that begins at Ash Wednesday, and how I, an Evangelical Protestant began to see the importance of this [...]

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Is your view of women in ministry Biblical?

by Rhett Smith on February 21, 2007

Scot McKnight always has some thoughtful and provocative posts on a variety of topics, especially of the issue of women in ministry. Here is a great post, Women in Ministry: Are you Biblical?, where he makes some great observations and ask some questions, leaving us to wrestle with them. Scot always seems to have a [...]

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Reading Donald Miller makes me laugh out loud!

by Rhett Smith on February 19, 2007

It is almost always without fail that when reading Donald Miller I will laugh out loud through various parts of his book. Last night was one of those nights. Laying in bed late at night I tried hard not to wake my wife up as he was busting me up. I came across this line [...]

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Vocation and Identity Sidetrack: Failure

by Rhett Smith on February 19, 2007

The following post is a sidetrack from my ongoing reflection on the book Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer. To read earlier posts on the series you can click on the links below. Vocation and Identity: Part 1–True Self Vocation and Identity: Part 2–Birthright Gifts Vocation and Identity: [...]

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Vocation and Identity in Pop Culture

by Rhett Smith on February 16, 2007

Speaking of vocation and identity, did anyone see LOST on Wednesday night. And by vocation I mean pushing a button. But that fits into the relational aspect of vocation and identity that I discuss below. Pushing the button, which seems trivial, only has a lot of meaning in the context of community. Crazy! LOST, identity, [...]

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Vocation and Identity: Part 5–”Whose am I?”

by Rhett Smith on February 16, 2007

The following post is an ongoing reflection on the book Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer. To read earlier posts on the series you can click on the links below. Vocation and Identity: Part 1–True Self Vocation and Identity: Part 2–Birthright Gifts Vocation and Identity: Part 3–Limitations and [...]

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Vocation and Identity: Part 4–Perfect in Weakness

by Rhett Smith on February 14, 2007

The following post is an ongoing reflection on the book Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer. To read earlier posts on the series you can click on the links below. Vocation and Identity: Part 1 Vocation and Identity: Part 2 Vocation and Identity: Part 3 “But he said [...]

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