by Rhett Smith on February 4, 2010
Last week I wrote about some of my initial thoughts on my upcoming trip to Haiti, and with each passing day I’m getting more and more excited, and a bit more nervous as well. One of the really exciting things is the coming together and completion of the team I will be serving with. The [...]
by Rhett Smith on October 1, 2009
Here is an amazing opportunity that our church, HPPC, along with some other churches are putting on for people this weekend in Dallas. I hope to see you there. “For youth pastors, volunteer leaders, and parents, When Kids Hurt challenges caring adults to help self-protective teenagers who are struggling to make the transition to adulthood [...]
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 September 20, 2008
I walked into the convention center today and saw this sign sitting at the front of the bookstore next to our book. Very cool, but pretty surreal seeing it next to books by Guy Kawasaki, Tim Ferriss, etc. Especially since I only have a chapter in the book, and it’s not a whole book I [...]
by Rhett Smith on August 9, 2008
What is a wiki? Well, if you don’t know, let’s look at what the most famous wiki, Wikipedia, has to say. A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language.[1][2] Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and [...]
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 [...]
by Rhett Smith on February 22, 2008
RO has just blogged a great post over at our collaborative youth ministry blog called, What the ‘Unhooked’ Culture Means for Youth Ministry. RO is doing a series on the book Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both If you work with youth or young adults you should be following [...]
by Rhett Smith on January 23, 2008
Mindy Coates-Smith just posted a great article, Transformative Social Justice and Abandoned Adolescents, at our new collaborative youth ministry blog, Collection of Crumbs. Very good article. Dave Stutzman has some critical thoughts about Bel Air’s hosting of Shane Claiborne last week, their youth, etc….but in the end, I’m happy he turns them in on himself [...]
by Rhett Smith on December 19, 2007
RO Smith over at Collection of Crumbs just finished his second post on our new youth ministry blog. It is titled, The State of the Postmodern Family (Part 2). Please check out his first post, The State of the Postmodern Family (Part 1). We look forward to having you visit our blog, give input and [...]
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.
