by Rhett Smith | Mar 30, 2020 | Intentional Living, Videos
With everyone at home most of the day during quarantine and shelter in place, it can be challenging to find a good daily rhythm. Trying to work, play and rest at the same time, or weave back and forth between them can often cause frustration. Therefore, it’s...
by Rhett Smith | May 12, 2016 | Anxiety, Podcast
I’ve been talking about Sabbath in the last couple of podcast episodes (Episode 61: Sabbath Rest and Your Identity, Episode 62: Sabbath Rest and Anxiety), and so I close the series in this episode talking about various practices. As I’ve come to learn more...
by Rhett Smith | May 5, 2016 | Anxiety, Podcast
As I mentioned in my podcast last week (Sabbath Rest and Identity), I have been thinking a lot about the topic of Sabbath over the course of the last year. It seems that it comes up in more and more of my conversations, and it’s absence in the lives of many...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 28, 2016 | Anxiety, Podcast
I have been thinking a lot about the topic of Sabbath over the course of the last year. It seems that it comes up in more and more of my conversations, and it’s absence in the lives of many people (especially evident in many of the clients I work with), lead to...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 29, 2015 | Podcast
I first got to connect with Adam McLane when we were driving through the Dominican Republic, and across the border into Haiti. It was only about a month after the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti, and we were part of a youth ministry team that went down there...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 11, 2013 | Anxiety
“We live in a culture that says you can do anything and everything you want to do, and it provides you with choices and possibilities that are endless. That creates a lot of anxiety for a lot of people. But as we embrace our possibilities we must also live...
by Rhett Smith | Dec 15, 2010 | Intentional Living
Exchanges between friends on Twitter often raise some great questions. On November 24 Tyler Braun posted the following: Challenging post from @MarkBatterson on maintaining margin: http://bit.ly/gMJmjP // I lose it far too often. My reply to Tyler was: @tylerbraun...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 11, 2010 | Intentional Living
Last week I shared with you some of my thoughts from my talk at the ECHO Conference. In the post, Is Your True Sense of Self And Identity At Risk As You Navigate An Online World I explored more in depth some of the technological hindrances to self and identity in an...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 9, 2009 | Intentional Living
[image by Winstonavich] Earlier this week I wrote a post on our identity in our engagement in social media and technology. I believe that at the heart of our online engagement are large questions of identity. And unless these questions of identity are addressed, we...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 2, 2009 | Technology
Morse Code-Leno – The funniest movie is here. Find it I was watching this video (which is a few years old), and a couple of thoughts came to mind: I was thinking about how quickly we are to announce the arrival of the latest, and the best new technology. Whether...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 28, 2008 | Technology
Curbing My Addiction About two weeks ago I wrote the post, You Might Be A Social Media Addict If……Setting Boundaries On Social Media. In that post I proposed the 10 things that I was going to try to help curb my addiction. Two weeks is hardly an...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 10, 2008 | Intentional Living
Seth Godin has a killer post, Is effort a Myth. He has me thinking about the economy…but not in terms of money…but rather the economy of time. How we spend our time is as important as how we spend our money. I like the practical advice he gives on just...