by Rhett Smith | Jun 17, 2015 | Podcast
About 5 weeks ago I was perusing through Instagram and I came across the feed of lvtrailrunner. I have been following lvtrailrunner (aka Benji Zimmerman) online for quite a while, and I have really been inspired by what he posts, especially his amazing trail running...
by Rhett Smith | May 19, 2015 | Podcast
We all live in a very busy, very fast paced culture. And in our constant hurry it is often our self-care that goes by the wayside. We stop taking care of ourselves physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually, often finding ourselves in a worse predicament than...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 7, 2012 | Writing
A little over two and half years ago I had the opportunity to travel over to Haiti on an amazing team that had been put together by Adventures in Missions. Our job was to blog daily and tell the stories of the Haitian people that we had met. But behind the scenes,...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 17, 2011 | Parenting
Your daughter needs God. And she wants you to be the one to show her who He is, what He is like, and what He thinks about her. She wants to believe that there is more to life than what she sees with her eyes and hears with her ears. She wants to know that there exists...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 27, 2009 | Intentional Living
Who is Dawn Carter? I met Dawn online about a year and a half ago, and we soon found out that some students that I had in in the college ministry I pastored in Los Angeles, she had had in her youth group. That was our connecting point, and from there we have had the...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 18, 2009 | Intentional Living
What keeps you centered? This is a question that I have been thinking about a lot. And it’s a question that I ask a lot of my clients, and my friends. If centered is not the right word for you, how about: grounded, balanced, focused. Anxiety is one of the...
by Rhett Smith | Sep 11, 2008 | Leadership
Saw this gem in The Dallas Morning News this morning. It’s a quote by Alexander Muse who I have been following on Twitter. “In Silicon Valley, it’s normal to quit your job and work at a start-up,” he said. But in Dallas, he sees many...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 21, 2008 | Faith
As a college director I get to be a part of many amazing student’s lives. And one of the things I enjoy the most is sitting down with them over a cup of coffee and talking about life, God, theology, their passions, etc., etc. Those of you working with college...
by Rhett Smith | Dec 25, 2007 | Intentional Living
Flesh and Glory….great stuff from Ben Witherington. (HT: Tod Bolsinger) Excerpt: The baby lying in the manger reminds us, not of the inherently righteous character of those God came to favor. It reminds us not of the inherently good character of all humanity. It...
