Listen to “To Be Worthy of Honor” by Fred Smith Most of us are first made to read Shakespeare before we have enough life experience to even partially understand his genius. It [...]
Listen to “Freely Given” by Fred Smith On April 6, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress declared war on Germany. With the same declaration they created the War Chest and [...]
Listen to “Songs of Joy” by Fred Smith Studies are showing that giving, especially smaller gifts, has increased substantially during the pandemic. In fact, donations to food [...]
Listen to “We Should Do Something Together” by Fred Smith Now that the first devastating wave of the pandemic has hit and communities are beginning to slowly open up we can [...]
Listen to “Small Things” by Fred Smith After years of pursuing high impact philanthropy and broad systemic change this is a time for many to resist being swept away by the enormity of [...]
Listen to “Our Secret Inquietude” by Fred Smith After my father died we were sorting through his papers and found a stock certificate for 100 worthless shares. They were all [...]
Listen to “Gifts of a Lifetime” by Fred Smith It’s a familiar scene made even more so by movies and novels: the reading of the last will and testament. The somber family [...]
Listen to “Donor Perks” by Fred Smith There are two instances in Luke’s writings where Roman centurions get special treatment for being good people and influential friends. The [...]
Listen to “Time is Running Out” by Fred Smith If I were to pick one word to describe my mail from nonprofits in December, it would be URGENT! Every email was intent on [...]
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