Listen to “Slip Sliding Away” by Fred Smith By now, many of you have read the frequent articles and responses to the latest Pew Research showing the number of people who [...]
Listen to “The Light is Still Waiting” by Fred Smith When my father became ill near the end of his life, he fought death as hard as anyone I knew – just as he had willed [...]
Listen to “Break Bread and Give Thanks” by Fred Smith He sat down, paused before he spoke and then said, “It’s too much for me to give thanks. I cannot be thankful for this. I [...]
Listen to “Same Kind of Different” by Fred Smith In that same interview mentioned in the blog last week the question was asked, “What is the state of what some of us call Big [...]
Listen to “The Good Commission” by Fred Smith Some blogs are diaries – personal and revealing by making you feel you have been invited into the interior of the author’s life. [...]
Listen to “Ears to Hear” by Fred Smith I pray none of my college professors read this late confession. I went to school in a time that valued citations and footnotes – not so [...]
Listen to “On An Even Keel” by Fred Smith A friend asked me, “What do you think your best contribution will be? And for what would you like to be remembered?” I did not need [...]
Listen to “Some Larger Way” by Fred Smith Some of you know I have taught a Sunday School class for 40 years. It’s my anchor as much as my pulpit. For much of that time I [...]
Listen to “Is It Too Much To Ask?” It’s not just me but a growing number of people have made comments about a theme running through commencement speeches for the last several [...]
Listen to “What’s the Outlook?” by Fred Smith The difference between weather and climate is important. Weather alters constantly while climate changes are slow but the [...]
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