by Rhett Smith on April 29, 2009
MEETINGS Oh yes, the bane of a lot of our existence. Meetings, meetings, meetings. Most of my full-time church experience has been in the PCUSA, and we have meetings to plan meetings, that will hopefully lead to a meeting where the agenda item will be discussed. A couple of thoughts. When we are employed church [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 29, 2009
Well known psychologist David Schnarch has a wonderful book called the Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships. When Schnarch speaks about boundaries he speaks about differentiation. What is differentiation? In short, according to Schnarch: Differentiation is a natural process in committed relationships that involves developing more of a self while growing [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 24, 2009
This is a guest post by John Sampson. John is a Residence Director who supports discipleship and missional work for Oasis Church in Pasadena, CA. He blogs on church mission, leadership, and life at Jon Sampson. Jon also Twitters at @jonsampson. Rhett’s recent post on bivocational ministry caught my attention. I guess it makes sense. [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 24, 2009
[image by Simon Doggett] I thought this was an interesting piece out of USA Today, especially when I’m beginning a series of blog posts on the issue of boundaries in a variety of contexts. Read The Popularity of Twitter has Some Relationships in a Twist, and tell me what you think. Here is a choice [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 23, 2009
[image by The Wandering Angel] Boundaries. It’s a topic that comes up quite a bit, and it comes up in a variety of contexts. The context I most often hear it in regards to relationships. Boundaries is a subject that I talk with many people about, and it’s a subject that we are all continually [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 22, 2009
For those of you that read my other writings online, you know that I love Twitter. I think it’s an absolutely amazing tool that I think has the ability to help us connect with others in some meaningful ways. And Twitter is not just about connecting online, but it’s about connecting offline. Twitter can be [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 22, 2009
I don’t even know where to start. There were such great comments on my post from Monday. When I wrote the post I knew that I wasn’t the only one thinking about this topic, but it was amazing to read some great insights that I had not thought about. A couple of things jumped out [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 21, 2009
The other day I received an @reply from Mikey Ames on Twitter with the message, @rhetter SM mental health, Vancouver- http://tinyurl.com/dhd2y4 When I opened up the link I read this, Mental Health Camp – a Conference about Mental Health and Social Media with the following synopsis, MentalHealthCamp is a conference about the intersection of social [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 20, 2009
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the topic of bivocational pastors. When I say bivocational, I mean you are a pastor, but you are not a full-time employed pastor. Being a pastor is not your full-time vocation. There are lots of reasons I have been thinking on this subject, but I will be [...]
by Rhett Smith on April 19, 2009
For many of you that know me, and those of you that don’t, launching my own therapy private practice has been something that I have been wanting to do for quite a while. After a lot of years of work in university life, church ministry, pastoral care and non-profit community mental health agencies I felt [...]
