by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy
When serving in ministry there are many opportunities to come in to contact with people who are depressed. I say this, because churches are often what I refer to as the “gatekeepers” in mental health, therefore, those employed or volunteering in ministry...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 22, 2013 | Men
Honestly, this is a question I have been wondering about for a long time. The irony of the work that I do as a therapist is that ministry leaders are one of the biggest referrers to my practice. They often instinctively see someone who is hurting and in need of help,...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 6, 2013 | Men
About 8 years ago I was sitting in a marriage and family therapy class at Fuller Theological Seminary when the professor made an off the cuff remark about the marital satisfaction of a pastor and their spouse. The professor’s experience was that pastors (in this...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 12, 2011 | Leadership
A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine shared an article with me on my Facebook profile called, How to Land Your Kid in Therapy. It is a fascinating read for sure, and well worth your time. But I was especially taken by this passage: Paul Bohn, a psychiatrist at UCLA...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 1, 2011 | Leadership
We talk a lot about boundaries in our culture. “Boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, leading me to a sense of ownership. Knowing what I am to own and take responsibility for gives me...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 16, 2011 | Leadership
Family problems can often be resolved by having the parents or partners focus on and work at unresolved issues in their families of origin. By the same token, leaders must not only develop vision, persistence, and stamina, but also understand that the problems they...
by Rhett Smith | May 26, 2010 | Leadership
One of the topics that has been of great interest to me as of late is the idea of self-differentiation (differentiation of self). It has great interest to me in interpersonal relationships, and it has been really intriguing to me in terms of church leadership. There...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 29, 2009 | Marriage, Technology
I have found that there are a lot of people that are wanting to go to therapy, or at least try it out, but they are really unsure of how to go about finding a good therapist. There are several ways to go about this that I want to share with you, and then I’m...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 26, 2009 | Leadership
[image by jakeoneil] Last week I posted Exploring the Online Characteristics of Generation F/Y, and Their Implications-Part 1. This series was born out of my fascination with the great article, The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500. And for the first post...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 10, 2009 | Intentional Living
[image by Capture Queen] I have been thinking a lot…a lot about Anne Jackson’s recent decision, Saying Goodbye to Facebook. And then yesterday she followed it up with an article at Purpose Driven, Why I Kissed Facebook Goodbye. Something that Anne said in...
by Rhett Smith | May 4, 2009 | Leadership
So I have been writing a few posts (will be 4 in all) on some areas that I think church employees need to rethink, or at best, at least address. Now I’m not writing these posts cause I have done all these things right, rather I am writing them because I have...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2009 | Leadership
I don’t even know where to start. There were such great comments on my post from Monday. When I wrote the post I knew that I wasn’t the only one thinking about this topic, but it was amazing to read some great insights that I had not thought about. A...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 14, 2009 | Technology
I had the privilege to write an article for Collide Magazine for their March/April 2009 issue, and of course I wrote it on the topic of Twitter. But more specifically, my view on how Twitter is a shaping/sharing/telling of our narrative, one tweet at a time, to those...
by Rhett Smith | Jan 22, 2009 | Leadership
I remember where I was at the exact moment I read the words below by Rob Bell in his book Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith. I was sitting on our couch in Pasadena, CA and as I read each word the resonance grew deeper and deeper within me until I finally...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 28, 2008 | Leadership
The Context Last week I posted a blog, Becoming A Heretic on Church Ministry. I was playing off what Seth Godin says in his new book Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us. You can find my review of the book at Leadership Network. Godin says: Challenging the status quo...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 2, 2008 | Leadership
Some of the commenters from my post yesterday got me thinking about some things that I just briefly want to comment on. I ended my post with two thoughts: Two things I think pastors, church leaders need to start wrestling with if they haven’t already: 1) Shift from...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 10, 2008 | Leadership
Scott McClellan of Collide Magazine has an excerpt of an interview/article with Craig Detweiler on the the state of seminary, Culture and Seminary. In what I read so far, Craig brings up some interesting points. COLLIDE: It seems to me that the majority of seminaries...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2008 | Technology
It seems like Facebook has just really exploded over the last couple of months. When I got on Facebook a couple of years ago it was basically my college students who I was friends with. Which makes sense since it began as a college social network. But recently I have...
