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 “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 “He Told Stories” by Fred Smith Years ago, as a much younger man, I began a search for wisdom in giving. Although looking back, I realize that I didn’t know what [...]
Listen to “A Sometimes Solitary Life” by Fred Smith If you read biographies you notice a frequent pattern in the lives of many great leaders. Early success and then years of [...]
Listen to “A Living Thing” by Fred Smith My grandfather was a Baptist pastor with the temperament of an Irishman. Named Matthew Bunyan after John Bunyan, he was always [...]
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 “If I Were Rich” By Fred Smith “If I were rich, I would tell them exactly what I was thinking and not hold back. I would ask the hard questions. What could they do to [...]
Listen to “At Last – Not Free” by Fred Smith Max Pennywise, a local small business owner and new Chair of the Long-Range Planning committee at First Church had just [...]
Listen to “His Mother’s Son” by Fred Smith Over the holidays I had time to think again about images of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Traditionally, what is our picture of [...]
Listen to “Sisters: A Christmas Story” by Fred Smith I’ve been reading this week about the disaster of Sumner Redstone’s family. While Sumner built great business ventures in [...]
