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 “Freely Given” by Fred Smith On April 6, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress declared war on Germany. With the same declaration they created the War Chest and [...]
Listen to “The Invisible Whip” by Fred Smith The week started over coffee with a young man having just completed the ultimate business deal of his career. If managed right the [...]
Listen to “Songs of Joy” by Fred Smith Studies are showing that giving, especially smaller gifts, has increased substantially during the pandemic. In fact, donations to food [...]
Listen to “Farewell” by Fred Smith Several of my friends are beginning to say “farewell” to their careers. It’s hard to believe. I know for many complete retirement is not an [...]
Listen to “Feathers on the Waves” by Fred Smith The Greeks, as always, had a word for it: tragedy. That’s the first word that came to my mind when I stared at the photo of [...]
Listen to “An Anguished Apostasy” by Fred Smith When Bob Dylan stepped on the Newport Folk Festival stage in July 1965 there was nothing in his last three appearances that [...]
Listen to “The Impeded Stream” by Fred Smith Like some of you, I grew up singing the old hymn, “The Haven of Rest,” taken from the account of the Apostle Paul’s sea [...]
Listen to “Finishing a Father’s Journey” by Fred Smith Steve Martin is known best for his early work in absurd comedy but he has also evolved into a serious art [...]
Listen to “Our Secret Inquietude” by Fred Smith After my father died we were sorting through his papers and found a stock certificate for 100 worthless shares. They were all [...]
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