by Rhett Smith | Mar 21, 2014 | Men
Are you a ‘life-giving’ man? That is a question that I am often asked. It’s a term that I began to talk about in my last book, What it Means to be a Man. But I’ve begun to explore it more fully in the last 6 months and it is the focus of my...
by Rhett Smith | May 15, 2013 | Intentional Living
If you are like me, then your mind probably moves at time from one tangential thought to the next. And when you come to your current thought you can look back at the preceding thoughts that got you to where you are currently at. Does that above sentence even make...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 17, 2011 | Parenting
Yesterday Dave Ramsey had author Dr. Meg Meeker on his radio program talking about her new book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity. It was a phenomenal interview with her on the ways that mother’s can..as she writes...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 17, 2009 | Leadership
It was approximately three years ago that I had a phone conversation with Michael Trent. He is the “Founder and Idea Engineer” of Third Place Consulting and my church at the time had asked me if I could work with Michael on the concept for our new church...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 9, 2009 | Leadership
(Usually this series posts on Friday, but because of Easter weekend, I have posted early for tomorrow’s reflection) I first had the opportunity to meet Jesse Phillips this last January when he was in town for the Innovation3 Gathering in Dallas. He, Scott...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 3, 2009 | Intentional Living
Who is Dawn Nicole Baldwin? Dawn is the Founder and Lead Strategist of Aspire One , which is a firm that works with churches and nonprofits on their creative and strategic branding. You can read more about their approach and background. I had heard a lot about Dawn...
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 | Mar 20, 2009 | Intentional Living
Who Is Jason Taylor? I met Jason online of course (thank you Twitter), and I was impressed with his thoughts, and I appreciated the great comments he was leaving on my blog, and the encouragement he gave via Twitter. Jason has a varied work experience (mortgage...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 9, 2009 | Leadership
I have been returning time and time again to one of my favorite books on the topic of identity and vocation, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer. I first read the book in 2002 when I was finishing up my M. Div. at Fuller...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 6, 2009 | Intentional Living
Who Is Matt Knisely? I first met Matt at ChurchTechCamp:.Dallas after we had spent some time chatting back and forth via Twitter, later getting the chance to connect again at TrainFriday, and then just a few weeks ago we had the opportunity to reconnect in Dallas and...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 27, 2009 | Intentional Living
What Are You Passionate About? I like all the creative things that different bloggers are doing online to help us connect and get to know others in the online community. I love Rick Smith’s “double popped” interviews and John Saddington’s chats...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 18, 2008 | Intentional Living
I came across this Tweet from Anne Jackson today, and it resonated with me a lot. Learning to say no to good things. It’s always hard, but it’s necessary. I’ve been losing focus lately. I know we all have lots of good things on our plate. We have...
