by Rhett Smith | Dec 14, 2007 | Leadership
Just a reminder to check out our new youth ministry group blog Collection of Crumbs. It is a site that we hope is dedicated to thinking theologically about youth ministry. A site dedicated to integrating junior high, high school and college into the life of the...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 12, 2007 | Technology
Here’s a good write up from the GodblogCon conference this last week in The Christian Post. Here is an excerpt about my session: Thus, the demographic that would benefit most from a strong Christian presence in the new media is America’s youth, according...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 12, 2007 | Technology
As you probably already know (since I posted a lot about it on Thursday) I attended and spoke at GodblogCon. I had a great time: First, I learned a lot about some new technology and the new media; Second, there was great conversation, especially at round table...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 8, 2007 | Writing
“When I think about hiring someone and they have a blog, I’ll read 6 months of their archives.” Word to the wise: be careful what you put on your myspace! Matt Mullenweg who is the WordPress originator. Interview is from Boundless Line Godblogcon,...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 8, 2007 | Technology
Boundless Line is live blogging from the conference. Godblogcon, live blogging
by Rhett Smith | Sep 18, 2007 | Technology
by Rhett Smith | Sep 11, 2007 | Technology
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that a lot of people have either given up blogging, or slowed down their blogging in favor of more social networking sites? Or social “utility” sites such as Facebook. Most of my blogging friends and peers have...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 13, 2007 | Technology
I’ve been thinking about a lot of things recently. And one of the things I’ve been thinking about is blogging and how my blogging has changed. If you look at this site rhettsmith.com it will say that I posted my first blog on Dec. 17th. That is true, but I...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 24, 2007 | Technology
This last year has been a very hard year to blog. Like most of you I have been extremely busy. Besides working full-time and going to graduate school I have been working as a therapist at a community mental health clinic 15 hours a week (21 hours when you include...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 24, 2006 | Technology
God Blog Con has been postponed until the Fall
by Rhett Smith | Jul 13, 2006 | Writing
I have been blogging about a year and a half…or since December 2004. I remember setting up my first blog on our college group website in August of 2004, but only making a few attempts and later deleting them. It’s hard to believe, but two years ago when I...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 11, 2006 | Technology
Cyber-Savvy Pastors Blog When The Spirit Moves Them HT: Jon Sampson Quote: About 75,000 new blogs are created every day by people from all walks of life, so it should come as no surprise that some bloggers are ministers. But many religious leaders say the idea of a...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 5, 2006 | Faith
Next month, on August 3-5 at Biola University I will be the moderator for one of the plenary panels which will discuss blogging across “The Religious Divide” at the GodBlog Conference. I am very excited about this opportunity, mainly because I will be...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 5, 2006 | Technology
Hugh Hewitt has a great new blog design which is part of Townhall, which I can best describe as a consortium of political bloggers, radio show hosts, etc. Daily Kos has this format, style, for the left-side of the political blogosphere. So it will be interesting to...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 8, 2006 | Technology
Rich Kirkpatrick has some more thoughts regarding My Space. My students were kind of laughing at me tonight still for getting our group on My Space and a little late to the party. Yeah, I guess I’m not that cool anymore and a little slow now that I am 31....
by Rhett Smith | May 31, 2006 | Technology
I hated to do this, but I installed Typekey last night because spam has been killing me. Besides the 300 plus spam that is filtered out everyday, I have to delete another 200 or so. That just takes up way too much time that I don’t have. Commenting is very...
by Rhett Smith | May 22, 2006 | Faith
David Plotz over at Slate Magazine is doing a series called “Blogging the Bible.” I have always wanted to do this myself, so I am interested in reading his observations. Plotz who describes himself as a “proud Jew, but never a terribly observant one,...
by Rhett Smith | May 19, 2006 | Technology
This has been a very difficult week for me, mainly because it has just been so busy. But busy in a way that leaves little capacity for me to really think through posting a blog. Besides work and school I have also picked up 10 clients that I counsel each week so my...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 29, 2006 | Technology
Check out Wayne Bowerman’s blog. I am greatly enjoying what he has to say and the perspective he offers.
by Rhett Smith | Apr 5, 2006 | Technology
I have really enjoyed and been truly blessed by the friendships that have developed with others because of blogging. Some of the bloggers I have met in person and others I have not, but it has been a wonderful experience. Also, one of the greatest things about...
