by Rhett Smith on May 29, 2009
I’ve recently come to know Ryan Burns (through Twitter of course). Ryan is a great guy, and really hooked me up with Logos which is whom he works for. As I’ve gotten to know him a little more online, I’ve come to realize just how gifted he is, and how many things he has his [...]
by Rhett Smith on May 28, 2009
FaithHighway is giving away 10 free tickets to ECHO! It’s super easy. Go here, and leave a comment. Best 10 comments win 1 ticket each. But the contest ends tomorrow, so go do it now. I went to ECHO last year (this is their 2nd year), and you can read my post about it. As [...]
by Rhett Smith on May 27, 2009
I’ve been reading the blogs of Joe Thorn and Steve McCoy for several years now…but in the midst of so many blogs, I just never kept up with all that they have going on. So just this week John Dyer pointed me toward their collaborative site subtext. And yeah, I know, they launched it almost [...]
by Rhett Smith on May 22, 2009
[image from wearitdotcom] When someone says it better than I can, then my philosophy is…let them say it. So the following is a long quote from the article Suburban Spirituality: The land of SUV’s and soccer leagues tends to weather the soul in peculiar ways, but it doesn’t have to. For all of its foibles—which [...]
by Rhett Smith on May 21, 2009
I’m currently writing up outlines for a parenting class I will be doing over the summer at Highland Park Presbyterian Church. The class will meet once a month through the summer and will be focused on the book by Chap and Dee Clark, Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World. As I was working on [...]
by Rhett Smith on May 20, 2009
[image by e453753] Over the last couple of posts I have looked at the primacy of finances and family as to reasons why people often move to the suburbs. Those are two of the reasons we consider very important as well. And let me remind my readers that suburban life is not the only place [...]
by Rhett Smith on May 18, 2009
The below quote has always been one of my favorites since I first read this amazing book in 1999. It has been a wise guide in my life, and my former classmate and friend, Bernie Newton, reminded me of it’s importance in our work as therapists. The stance that Rilke suggests is not only very [...]
by Rhett Smith on May 18, 2009
[image by Pink Sherbert] I mentioned earlier last week that my wife and I are thinking through where we want to move in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex when our lease is up in August. And I stated that as we contemplate this move all sorts of questions have arisen in our mind (stewardship, finances, mission, [...]
by Rhett Smith on May 14, 2009
After college and their roaring 20s, many Americans find themselves in a subdivision with a lawn and a mortgage and a couple kids. Hip twentysomethings may mock the suburbs and its bourgeois values, but when their first child arrives the nesting instinct sets in. A neighbor and her husband lived on the north side of [...]
by Rhett Smith on May 13, 2009
[image by jdnx] Transitions I decided I wanted to write something a little more personal over the next few weeks…something that has been on my heart, raised questions, and has me awake at night…sometimes. For those of you who don’t know, my wife, baby daughter and I have been living in Dallas since August of [...]