by Rhett Smith on April 29, 2008
I am really behind in some reviews, but here is what is on deck: Sex, Sushi, & Salvation: Thoughts on Intimacy, Community, & Eternity by Christian George. I am almost done with this book and will have a review shortly. But so far, I really like what I see. George has a very “Donald Milleresque” [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 28, 2008
I think most of you know by now, I have become a huge fan of the New Media and Web 2.0. But there is one aspect of it that I am most excited about: collaboration. With immediate access to amazing and simple tools we are able to collaborate more rapidly and effectively with one another [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 25, 2008
Shepherding vs. Ranching: Part 1 In the last post I looked at these two definitions: Dictionary Definitions: Shepherding: To herd, guard, tend, or guide as or in the manner of a shepherd. Ranching: To manage or work on a ranch. I like the words used in shepherding: herd, guard, tend and guide. Where as a [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 25, 2008
Drew Sams has written a great post at Collection of Crumbs. The Power of Story in Youth Ministry (2 of 5) Drew talks about the following 8 ingredients: Ingredient #1 – Point of View Ingredient #2 – Setting Ingredient #3 – Characters Ingredient #4 – Protagonists Ingredient #5 – Antagonists Ingredient #6 – Conflict Ingredient [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 25, 2008
Student ‘Twitters’ way out of Egyptian jail. HT: Billy Linnehan MacGyver could have found ‘Twitter’ helpful on a few occassions probably.
by Rhett Smith on April 24, 2008
Just posted at Leadership Network on the new and free e-book, Facebook for Pastors. Please check it out!
by Rhett Smith on April 24, 2008
kim arnold Says: April 24th, 2008 at 9:36 am Hi, I’m Katherine’s mom. I haven’t really been able to get on the computer until last night,just before going to sleep. I was so blown away that I almost woke James up with my crying. This is beyond my wildest imagination. I have ranted about the [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 24, 2008
Listen carefully to the metaphors people use in regards to ministry. They can tell you a lot about a person’s style of leadership, belief about Church structure, evangelism, etc. They seem innocuous enough, but they speak volumes in many ways. I have been involved in some interesting discussions recently and a certain question has been [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 23, 2008
I’ve witnessed some amazing examples of how social networking is being used to connect people in prayer. Matt Singley has a great post with just one example happening in our church on Facebook. So check that out. Here is what is happening. A young woman in our congregation went in for emergency brain surgery at [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 22, 2008
It seems like Facebook has just really exploded over the last couple of months. When I got on Facebook a couple of years ago it was basically my college students who I was friends with. Which makes sense since it began as a college social network. But recently I have been connecting more and more [...]
