by Rhett Smith | Aug 23, 2016 | Parenting, Podcast
So if your day was anything like my wife and I’s yesterday, it involved walking our kids into their first day of school this year. My daughter starts 4th grade, and my son starts Kindergarten. And like many of you, we are in a new transition as we begin a new...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 29, 2016 | Depression, Podcast
One of the more tricky aspects of working with adolescents is trying to discern at times what is “typical” teenage behavior, and what is depression. I mean most of us can remember back to our own teenage days where we experienced bouts of moodiness,...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 22, 2012 | Leadership
I’m super excited to be part of The Summit this November 9-10 in Atlanta, Georgia. This event is put on by The Youth Cartel (i.e. Mark Oestreicher and Adam McLane). I love their ideas for this event, and love their passion for youth ministry. I got to spend a...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 31, 2011 | Technology
High-Tech Flirting Turns Explicit, Altering Young Lives But adults face a hard truth. For teenagers, who have ready access to technology and are growing up in a culture that celebrates body flaunting, sexting is laughably easy, unremarkable and even compelling: the...
by Rhett Smith | Sep 27, 2010 | Leadership
This is the second in my series on Youth Ministry, Boundaries and Burnout, a topic which has become very important to me over the last couple of years. In the last post I looked at how seeing youth ministry as a stepping stone to “move up” in the church...
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 | Oct 1, 2009 | Parenting
Here is an amazing opportunity that our church, HPPC, along with some other churches are putting on for people this weekend in Dallas. I hope to see you there. “For youth pastors, volunteer leaders, and parents, When Kids Hurt challenges caring adults to help...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 4, 2008 | Intentional Living
Saturday night my wife and I went to the movies. Now that’s a treat these days since we have a baby at home. So when we do decide to go to a movie, we are pretty picky. Basically, it better be worth it. We decided to go see Juno based on the strength of great...
