by Rhett Smith | Jan 5, 2010 | Intentional Living
One of the things that I have been telling myself the last few months is that I want to do a better job of “being present” with others in 2010. 2009 was an awesome year, but I felt overwhelmed, and overextended throughout much of the year. There were lots...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 30, 2009 | Therapy Practice
[image by Ben Zvan] I’ve been thinking a lot about the topic of social media and the role of therapists (pastoral counselors) in the midst of it. There is a large percentage of therapists who thinks being online should be super limited, if online at all. And...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 23, 2009 | Technology
Tony Steward and I are super excited to be facilitating a conversation at the Cultivate Conference this upcoming Tuesday in Chicago. Ever since we were asked to facilitate jointly at the conference we have been discussing what would be the most beneficial conversation...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 3, 2009 | Technology
The Running of the Salmon When I was in high school my family and I went on an Alaskan cruise, and along the way we stopped at one of the islands to get a tour of where the salmon swim upstream during the spawning season. I don’t remember a lot of details about...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 13, 2009 | Leadership
Today I drove the 3 hours from Dallas, TX to Edmonds, OK to film 4 video vignettes at LifeChurch.tv with the Online Church crew. The videos will most likely air sometime next week. But for now, here’s a little iPhone video Tony Steward shot with me.
by Rhett Smith | Jul 3, 2009 | Technology
So I wrote this post back in November of 2008, Community Organizer+Grasp of Web 2.0/Social Media=President Elect Obama. And then I saw this on July 1, 2009. And then this tweet by Tony Steward on July 2, 2009. #churchonline political campaigns found leveraging online...
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 6, 2009 | Leadership
I’m pretty much stating the obvious when I talk about the amazing ministry impact that LifeChurch.tv is having all around the world. So go ahead and say “Duh, Rhett!” But the reason I bring them up is not specifically the impact that they are having,...
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 | 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 | Feb 18, 2009 | Intentional Living
What keeps you centered? This is a question that I have been thinking about a lot. And it’s a question that I ask a lot of my clients, and my friends. If centered is not the right word for you, how about: grounded, balanced, focused. Anxiety is one of the...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 16, 2009 | Technology
it’s official..i have disabled Twitter from my Facebook group..2 very different groups..I wrestled with this for months, but now i did it–12:19 AM Feb 12th from web In the grand scheme of life this decision is about as unimportant as the come…really,...
by Rhett Smith | Jan 21, 2009 | Leadership
Collaboration is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together toward an intersection of common goals — for example, an intellectual endeavor[1] [2] that is creative in nature[3]—by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus....
by Rhett Smith | Jan 17, 2009 | Leadership
This is part 2 of an 8 part series on ChurchTechCamp (ChurchTechCamp:.Los Angeles, ChurchTechCamp:.Dallas) from the perspective of organizing one, in hopes that others will find some useful information to help organize one near them. What is an unconference? It made...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 6, 2008 | Leadership
I found this link to Tim Keller’s preaching notes here, thanks to a link from DJ Chuang’s site who compared them to something belonging to Jason Bourne. It’s just fascinating to me to see the many different ways preachers, speakers, teachers, etc....
by Rhett Smith | Sep 23, 2008 | Technology
There are a lot of amazing things happening in the world of ministry and technology. So much so that it’s hard to keep up with all of it. Some churches are on the leading edge of innovation, while others are still trying to get a website put together. Wherever...
by Rhett Smith | Sep 8, 2008 | Leadership
If you are thinking about having more of an online web presence for you church, but aren’t sure how to dive in…or even if you have a great web presence and are in need of some ideas, check out below. First, Tony Steward has a great post How to Launch an...
