by Rhett Smith | Mar 6, 2013 | Intentional Living
How much TV do you watch? How much internet do you surf? That’s one of the first questions I ask people when they tell me that they don’t have enough time to practice self-care in their lives. We looked at what self-care is and isn’t last week, and...
by Rhett Smith | Jan 5, 2010 | Intentional Living
One of the things that I have been telling myself the last few months is that I want to do a better job of “being present” with others in 2010. 2009 was an awesome year, but I felt overwhelmed, and overextended throughout much of the year. There were lots...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 25, 2009 | Technology
[image by David R. Carroll] Do you remember what life was like before your cell phone, or before you had an internet connection in your house? It seems like such a long time ago. We even wonder at times how we could have lived life without them. The scary thing is...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 2, 2009 | Technology
Have you lost your ability to think abstractly? That’s a question I have been asking myself lately, and then I came across this quote and started thinking about it even more. While that reasoning appears sound, Hipps cites research that demonstrates...
by Rhett Smith | Dec 19, 2008 | Leadership
#churchtechcamp, which was pretty much hinted at, discussed and organized within about 5 minutes on Twitter a few weeks ago, is finally coming to fruition. And instead of Los Angeles, this time it’s going to be in Dallas. When: Thursday, January 8 Where: Irving...
by Rhett Smith | Dec 1, 2008 | Intentional Living
The video has me thinking about the future of vocation. Will your job exist in the next 5, 10, 15, 20 years? My dad and I have the conversation about how we will probably “cobble together” a number of vocations, rather than just having that one job. And I...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 13, 2008 | Leadership
Below is a list of 10 blog sites that I highly recommend. It’s about time I recognize just some of the sites that have given so much to me. When I read any of these 10 sites I am continually challenged, stimulated in my thinking, and pushed in a direction of...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 11, 2008 | Leadership
Chris Brogan has a fascinating post, Communications in a Post Media World. He begins by saying, When Google is the front door, the side door, the hidden key under the mat, the cash register, the finder of everything we ever lost, and everything we wished we’d lost,...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 10, 2008 | Technology
Two of my passions are technology and community–especially, how technology can be used to create and sustain community, and how it can be used to open up communication. So I’m real excited that Cynthia Ware has a great, great post/presentation on...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 13, 2008 | Technology
I had the privilege yesterday of interviewing Andrew Jones along with Andrew Jackson, Cynthia Ware, Matthew Anderson and Marcus Goodyear. Jones has some great insight into the history of blogging (he’s been blogging since 1997/1998) and ministry. Some really...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 17, 2008 | Technology
Vanity Fair magazine has a good story on the invention of the internet, Inventing the Internet, An Oral History. You have to buy the magazine to get the full-version, but browse through the online article to get a snapshot of some of the key figures past and...