Listen to “Not Fade Away” By Fred Smith I was 38 when I realized I was a misfit in my work. Teaching in a traditional boarding school on the East Coast, I was working overtime [...]
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 “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 [...]
Listen to “An Unremarkable Life” by Fred Smith I re-publish this every few years to honor my father and grandfather. They were so different and each found it difficult to love [...]
Listen to “The Soil of Partial Truth” by Fred Smith A humorous article on Christian music included this quote from Joe Bob Briggs: “Christian music is bad songs written [...]
Listen to “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” by Fred Smith Bishop Michael Curry’s royal wedding sermon went viral last weekend partly due to one quote: “Jesus did not get an [...]
Listen to “And You Have So Many” By Fred Smith This being the week of Mother’s Day, I remember one of my father’s favorite stories about his mother. They lived in a very poor [...]
Listen to “Jars of Clay or Faberge?” A conversation this week with Dan Haseltine, the lead vocalist for the band Jars of Clay and the founder of Blood: Water Mission started me [...]
Listen to “More Than A Singing Cow.” It’s not often I ask someone to pray for me before going to a museum or library. But last year I did ask that of my brother-in-law [...]
Listen to “Nothing Left To Prove.” All of my ‘aha’ moments in life have come from reading, silence, or listening to others. Except one, and that was at lunch with a friend. We [...]
