Listen to “The George Option” by Fred Smith I’ve made light of country and western music for as long as I can remember. The titles like “I’ll Be Over You When The Grass Grows [...]
Listen to “Jesus Is Just Alright” by Fred Smith In the last few years I have been paying closer attention to some deep shifts affecting the church. It’s easy for Boomers to [...]
Listen to “I Am Somebody” by Fred Smith Two times in the Gospel of Luke the disciples are caught asking who will be great in the Kingdom. It’s not a bad question. In fact, [...]
*There is no audio recording of the blog this week. Fred will be back next week! I suppose the unexamined life is not worth living may be right for the most part. However, is it possible [...]
Listen to “End of the Line” by Fred Smith The story of Abram’s calling begins at the end of the line. If you trace the descendants of Adam through Noah and then to Terah, the [...]
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 [...]
Listen to “Living In That Moment” by Fred Smith Raised a Baptist I had no exposure to what I later learned is called the liturgical calendar. We observed Christmas, Easter, [...]
Listen to “The Work of our Hands” by Fred Smith For two summers as a student I took a job in a canning factory. For nine hours every day I stood on a hard concrete floor beside [...]
Listen to “Ancient of Days” by Fred Smith A cardinal rule of teaching is never open with a line that makes it impossible to say anything more about the topic. That’s especially [...]
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