by Rhett Smith | Nov 12, 2009 | Parenting
[image by Jeremy] More and more recently I have been afforded some great opportunities to work with parents around the issue of their kids and technology. There have been some great conversations taking place in the context of therapy, church ministry and some...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 18, 2009 | Leadership
This world of social networking is a world of little to no hierarchy, and the leadership that exists is one that is centered within the groups in the online communities, and encourages a leadership style that is horizontally structured, striving to give equal voice to...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 24, 2009 | Marriage, Technology
[image by Simon Doggett] I thought this was an interesting piece out of USA Today, especially when I’m beginning a series of blog posts on the issue of boundaries in a variety of contexts. Read The Popularity of Twitter has Some Relationships in a Twist, and...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 10, 2009 | Marriage
McLuhan and Twitter via John Dyer This is a post I have had in the making for a while, but when I read John Dyer’s post Tools for Tech Thinking: McLuhan on Twitter, and well, he unknowingly gave me some inspiration to post some of my thoughts on this issue. Read...
by Rhett Smith | Dec 8, 2008 | Technology
Social Media as a Tool If you look up social media on Wikipedia this is the first sentence you read. Social media are primarily Internet- and mobile-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings. So inherent in the discussion (at least here and...
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 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 | Nov 6, 2008 | Leadership
The Context This is Part 2 in the continued series, Becoming a Heretic on Church Ministry. Last week we looked at Becoming a Heretic on Church Ministry: The Sermon. When we think about what a heretic on/in Church ministry is, I am taking a cue from Seth Godin’s...
by Rhett Smith | Sep 20, 2008 | Technology
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...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 21, 2008 | Technology
Just wrote my first blog post over at our book blog for The New Media Frontier. My chapter is New Media Ministry to the Myspace-Facebook Generation: Employing New Media Technologies Effectively In Youth Ministries. And the following is some of the framework I laid out...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 1, 2008 | Leadership
Social Networks have been one of the greatest things to happen to college ministry. There are many reasons why I have found them to be so helpful, but let’s begin with a video primer, because I know some of you, though familiar with social networks, may wonder...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 4, 2008 | Leadership
When it comes to Facebook I’m definitely an evangelist, but it wasn’t always that way. I was one of those pastors who was somewhat fearful of online social technology. I was an early adopter in some ways, but when it came to working with college students I...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 3, 2008 | Technology
I know we all have our pet peeves when it comes to social networking sites and technology, so I thought you would enjoy this article, The Top 10 Social Networking Annoyances. Here are the 10 they talk about: MySpace kitsch The worms crawl in LinkedIn is up tight...
by Rhett Smith | May 23, 2008 | Leadership
Ryan at Tilling the Soil asked me a couple of good questions related to my post below, so I want to give them proper attention in a post, and not just leave a comment for him. I had the chance to talk with Ryan by phone last week and I enjoyed our conversation, and...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 10, 2008 | Technology
Here are some observations on the Milennial Generation from the Hugh Hewitt interview with Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais….authors of Millenial Makeover: MySpace, You Tube, and the Future of American Politics. Whether you care about politics or not, this...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 9, 2008 | Technology
Hugh Hewitt had a great interview today about the Millenials and how they are changing the face of politics for generations to come. I tried for several posts last month to try and capture why this generation was voting for Obama, and I gave non-political reasons. I...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 3, 2008 | Intentional Living
First of all, let me say that I never write on politics. I just never have. The topic is obviously very important and interesting, but it just doesn’t interest me and fire me up like some of my friends and family. Second, I don’t consider myself an expert...
