We helped move our daughter from Los Angeles to Dallas this month and it was a good opportunity to once again experience what a group of Harvard researchers labeled, the “Ikea Effect: When Labor [...]
Listen to “Rest In Peace Mrs. Perkins” by Fred Smith Mrs. Perkins stepped out from her pew and walked down the aisle of our Baptist church to rededicate her life on a regular [...]
Listen to “My Trivial Sins” by Fred Smith No one would describe me as a product of diversity. As a Southern Baptist, I grew up sure of our traditions and practices but not our [...]
Listen to “The Four Hundred Pound Day” by Fred Smith Tiger Woods‘ victory at the Master’s is a myth. I know that sounds like a post on a fringe site but I’m not [...]
Listen to “Over and Over Again” By Fred Smith A favorite illustration was debunked last week. For years, I have used the image of the grain of sand in the oyster being the [...]
Listen to “Our Little Town” by Fred Smith When we moved from New York to a small town in rural East Texas thirty-five years ago small towns were not trending. That has changed. [...]
Listen to “The Reef” by Fred Smith In “Where Good Ideas Come From” Steven Johnson uses the illustration of a coral reef as an example of a structure that is both fragile and [...]
Listen to “A Hand In The Flood” by Fred Smith The Bible reminds us, “With a strong hand and an outstretched arm His love endures forever. We are safe in His hand and with [...]
Listen to “God and the Good Life” by Fred Smith Listening to Meghan Sullivan this week at the Augustine Collective Conference describe her introduction to philosophy course at [...]
Listen to “All Things In Common” By Fred Smith I posted an article on the shrinking of the middle class as an increasing number of people are falling into the category of [...]
