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The Beautiful and Intriguing Simplicity of Twitter

by Rhett Smith on June 23, 2009

[image by Robyn Twomey] The thing about Twitter is that it is beautiful in its simplicity, and powerful in its capability. Not everyone gets it at first…or second…or third time. But if you stick with it, it will pay off for you. I was struck the other day with some of the common themes around [...]

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Why Twitter? Shaping Our Narrative One Tweet at a Time

by Rhett Smith on April 14, 2009

I had the privilege to write an article for Collide Magazine for their March/April 2009 issue, and of course I wrote it on the topic of Twitter. But more specifically, my view on how Twitter is a shaping/sharing/telling of our narrative, one tweet at a time, to those we are in connection with. I began [...]

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Donald Miller, J.J. Abrams and the Bible on Story and Mystery

by Rhett Smith on December 12, 2008

Will Smith was on Good Morning Texas talking about his new movie Seven Pounds yesterday and he began to talk about his value on the idea of “story” as in relation to his movie choices. I then sent out this Tweet: listening to Will Smith talk about the importance of “story.” he also has a [...]

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8 Ingredients In Storytelling

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 [...]

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New Post at Collection of Crumbs Youth Ministry Blog

by Rhett Smith on December 17, 2007

Check out Drews Sams over at our new youth ministry blog, Collection of Crumbs, as he starts his first post of six, on The Power of Story in Youth Ministry. Stay tuned for more writing on Junior High, High School and College Ministry.

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The Changing Face of College Ministry (Part 2 of 2)

by Rhett Smith on December 14, 2007

In my post a couple of days ago I began talk about some of the changing trends in college ministry. This is my second post on this topic. These are trends based on my own experience, anecdotal evidence, conversations, readings, etc. As you see near the end of this post, a few of the trends [...]

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The Changing Face of College Ministry (Part 1 of 2)

by Rhett Smith on December 13, 2007

College is an interesting age and stage to do ministry in. It’s no surprise that college students are always changing and if one is in college ministry (or any ministry for that fact) long enough you are able to notice more readily some of those changes and trends. I’ve been in vocational college ministry for [...]

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