Listen to “An Open Hand” by Fred Smith In the middle of the crippling cold snap in Texas the store manager of the HEB grocery store had to make a decision. With hundreds of [...]
Listen to “The Rabble Among Us” by Fred Smith It’s not just me but a growing number of people have made comments about a theme running through commencement speeches for the [...]
Today we would likely label Jacob a sociopath:
cunning, deceptive, detached, manipulative and ambitious.
He was often cruel and incapable of being loyal.
He lived by his wits - and was [...]
Listen to “Finishing a Father’s Journey” by Fred Smith Steve Martin is known best for his early work in absurd comedy but he has also evolved into a serious art [...]
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 “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 [...]
Listen to “Scrooge Repents” by Fred Smith While I would not say I have been Scrooge, I have come close. In fact, the whole period between Thanksgiving and the end of the year [...]
Listen to “We Talked About You” by Fred Smith Like so many, I have struggled over the years with the discipline of prayer. Actually, it is more honest to say the contest has [...]
Listen to “Repaid by Love” by Fred Smith Stories come in all shapes, don’t they? Today, there is an industry devoted to people anxious to understand their personal [...]
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 [...]
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