Freedom: Lessons from 2 Years of Being Debt Free
- on May 17, 2013
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My wife and I are celebrating two years of being debt free. It has been an incredible journey of ups and downs, but I want to share with you some of the ways we went about it as well as the lessons we[...]
Writings on Marriage, Katy Perry and Grace…
- By Rhett Smith
- on May 10, 2011
- 1 Comments
Here’s a list of three pretty distinct articles that I wrote or contributed to in the last month. Check them out and let me know what you think.
Transform Your Marriage at the Start Marriage Right blog.
Katy Perry’s Comments Prompt the Question: How Strict Is Too Strict? at the Christian Post website.
Avoiding Grace at the POTSC blog.
Thoughts on the Connection Between Passion, Limits and Vocation....
- on May 15, 2013
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There is a deep connection between what we are passionate about and our vocation. But part of finding true vocation is also acknowledging the limits that our passion brings us up against.
Putting Down Our Masks: Living Authentically So Others Can See God in Our Lives
- on May 14, 2013
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When we put down our masks that we hide behind, we are able to live an authentic life where our true self emerges. And when we live out of this true self we are examples that allow others to see God i[...]
Mindfulness -- Taking Time to Breathe
- on March 11, 2013
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"Breathe...just breathe. Slow down and breathe." I find myself repeating this phrase quite a bit in my life, but in two very different contexts. One is in my office when a client is about to be o[...]
Why Men Need To Identify And Develop Their Emotions
- on November 16, 2012
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"Helping boys and men learn how to be both tender and tough, strong and bighearted, is a new ideal that will take some time to digest. But, having worked with men day in and day out for decades, I kno[...]
My 40 Day Experiment Without Social Media Apps On My Phone
- on September 18, 2012
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Over the last couple of months I’ve really been thinking about how I can be a more thoughtful consumer of the technology that I consume, especially my mobile phone. As a pastor and therapist I h[...]
Name changing....
- on August 15, 2005
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Here is an interesting article on why churches are changing their names, and dropping their denominational affiliation from the title. They quote Eddie Gibbs, professor of church growth at Fuller The[...]
What we should, and should not be doing during a disaster.....
- on August 31, 2005
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When I woke up this morning and turned on the news, I could hardly believe my eyes. Thousands of people wandering the streets and highways of New Orleans. People still stranded on rooftops, waitin[...]
Innovation3=Connect-Network-Collaborate
- on December 15, 2008
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Connect, Network and Collaborate are just three of the things that I hope to do at the Innovation3 Gathering in Dallas, TX on January 27-28. The event is put on by Leadership Network and is host to [...]
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