by Rhett Smith | Apr 15, 2015 | Podcast
As I say in the introduction of this podcast, Wess Daniels is one of the smartest guys that I know. I first met Wess about ten years ago or more when I was a student at Fuller Theological Seminary and pastoring at Bel Air Presbyterian Church. I started hanging out...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 10, 2009 | Parenting
[image by Zieak] Something I have been torn over for a while is the question of “How much of my daughter’s life do I share online?” With blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other services it’s more convenient than ever to post photos, share...
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 25, 2009 | Technology
A couple of things in the area of technology and some of the social media tools we use–caught my eye this week. And I wanted to share them with you because I think they are of great importance for us as we think through and wrestle with the implications of our...
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 | 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 | Aug 20, 2008 | Technology
Does that chart scare you? It scared me the first time I saw it. I was given a copy of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. And well, the book and method were hardly stress free for me, while others thrived on it. Many of you out there are...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 3, 2008 | Leadership
In class my adviser, Ryan Bolger, often tells a story about a pastor of a mega-church in Arizona. One day the pastor, while walking with his son across the campus of the church he built, said, “Son, this is all going to yours someday,” and his son took a step...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 2, 2008 | Leadership
My friend Wess has a great post on the recent issue of the satire magazine, Wittenberg Door. The magazine takes a look at Mark Driscoll and what are his….well, let’s let Wess state it since he puts it much more eloquently. Most of you know about Mark...
by Rhett Smith | May 8, 2008 | Marriage
I just want to acknowledge that there were and are many angles that I could have gone yesterday in my post Showing Skin at Church. I knew this going into the post, writing the post, and at the conclusion. And it was even more evident when I received lots of feedback...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 18, 2008 | Technology
Obviously we have reached the tipping point, or maybe we are now beyond it. But as others are saying more eloquently than me, the New Media is not a trend, and it’s here to stay. The New Media, Web 2.0, Social Networking, etc…. Check out Collective Muse....
by Rhett Smith | Mar 21, 2008 | Technology
At some point or another you begin to say to yourself, “My blogroll is growing larger and larger….what do I do?” Maybe you don’t ask that question, but I sure do. I have been blogging for almost four years and over that time you read a lot of...
