by Rhett Smith | Mar 29, 2016 | Depression, Podcast
One of the more tricky aspects of working with adolescents is trying to discern at times what is “typical” teenage behavior, and what is depression. I mean most of us can remember back to our own teenage days where we experienced bouts of moodiness,...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 23, 2016 | Parenting, Podcast
Fuller Theological Seminary changed my life, so it’s probably not a surprise that you see me talking about the seminary so much. Fuller was and is an amazing community of people who provide a safe place for someone to wrestle with the big questions of faith....
by Rhett Smith | Apr 25, 2013 | Men
I’m currently working on an article for the Fuller Youth Institute on boys and emotions — more specifically how we as a culture tend to sabotage boy’s emotions — making it unsafe for them to express them. As I’ve been editing this...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 8, 2011 | Technology
I recently just wrote the article, Maintaining Relational Presence in a Technological World, for the Fuller Youth Institute. In the article I quote a comment from a nun in Ronald Rolheiser’s book, The Restless Heart: My vocation is, at each moment, to make the...
by Rhett Smith | Jan 7, 2010 | Parenting
One of the questions that comes up a lot in my work with parents of high school and college students is: “How do I help get my kid connected in a college ministry?” or “What are some ways that I can encourage my kid to get involved in a ministry when...