Freedom: Lessons from 2 Years of Being Debt Free
- on May 17, 2013
-
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
-
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
-
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[...]
Youth Ministry, Boundaries, and Burnout -- Part 5: Model The Change You Want to See
- on October 4, 2010
-
This is the final post in a five-part series on Youth Ministry, Boundaries, and Burnout. Be sure to check out the four previous posts, Youth Ministry as a Stepping Stone (Fail), Looking at the Popula[...]
How You React When Upset Inhibits Relational Intimacy
- on March 28, 2013
-
"Thanks to a series of influential research studies, the things people who succeed in intimate relationships do differently from those who fail have been discovered by researchers. One of the [...]
Can You Be "Fully Present" Relationally If You Are Tweeting In Your Wedding, Church Service and Marital Interactions...
- on December 2, 2009
-
At the Cultivate Conference in October I was really impressed with John Acuff's thoughts on satire. He basically said (loosely paraphrased) that for him satire was blowing something up so big (larger[...]
New Directions: 5 Changes in My Life and Career
- on November 11, 2011
-
The last year and a half of my life has been a complete whirlwind. That's the best word that I can use to describe all the things that have been going on. So today, I'm excited to announce several di[...]
Identity in Weakness
- on March 19, 2009
-
This post is an ongoing reflection on the book Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer. "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made per[...]
Where I am at right now in regards to the "emerging church", and a good critique by Fuller professor Ray Anderson (his insights are worth reading, so at least skip to the bottom of this post if you want and read him).....
- on December 1, 2005
-
If you have been following my blog for a while, you know that I have been talking quite a bit about the "emerging church" and a lot more recently about Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community [...]
Pingback : Writings on Marriage, Katy Perry and Grace… | Church Ministry Center