Listen to “Haters” By Fred Smith Facebook is not the place for subtlety and we all know that. Yet, this week I posted a spoof from the Babylon Bee and several good friends [...]
Listen to “Fifty Ways To Leave” by Fred Smith When I began writing this blog almost eight years ago, John Kelly was my editor. He told me, “Don’t worry about being relevant or [...]
Listen to “I Stand Relieved” By Fred Smith Almost ten years ago, the Board of The Gathering and I started thinking about succession. Clearly, we did not consider it an [...]
Listen to “Crossing The Line” by Fred Smith One of the most pronounced trends in the non-profit world in the last ten years has been the number of men and women in business [...]
Listen to “The Passing Of The Hero” by Fred Smith Oswald Chambers wrote “Our soul’s history with God is frequently the history of the passing of the hero. It is not wrong for [...]
Listen to “Double Fault” by Fred Smith Nicky Gumbel, the Rector of Holy Trinity Brompton in London says, “Movements grow from the intersection of a personal story and [...]
Listen to “All That Is Hidden” by Fred Smith “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either [...]
Listen to “Is All Truth God’s Truth” by Fred Smith I still remember my response in 1985 when our local Christian radio station turned down my request to play the Judy [...]
Listen to “Rules for Radicals” by Fred Smith As Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” and Machiavelli’s “The Prince” have been sources for practical action by politicians, soldiers, and [...]
Listen to “The Wheel of Justice” by Fred Smith I’ve hummed along with Billy Joel’s song “Only The Good Die Young” for years. It’s an infectious tune and the lyrics [...]
