Listen to “Talking to Elephants” by Fred Smith As a young man stationed in Italy in the Navy I invited my family to come and join me for a tour of the country. One day in Rome [...]
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 “Do the Next Thing” by Fred Smith Now and then I host what Quakers call a Clearness Committee for an individual working their way through an issue about direction or [...]
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 “More” by Fred Smith Periodically, I think about full retirement and what that might mean. I asked one friend about it, and his response was, “Retire from what? You [...]
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 [...]
Listen to “The Gospel Drone” by Fred Smith In 1967 film maker (and devout Christian) Irwin “Shorty” Yeaworth produced “The Gospel Blimp” as a send-up of the craze [...]
Listen to “Gods in Disguise” by Fred Smith It was not even a major miracle. No one walked on water or fed five thousand. As far as miracles go it was almost incidental. A [...]
Listen to “Paper Dolls” by Fred Smith There is no topic more widely discussed and fretted about in family philanthropy than that of donor intent. Horror stories (both true and [...]
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