Julia and Paul Child were living in Paris in 1959 when they first heard something called “television” was becoming popular in the States. After reading an article about the horrifying effects of [...]
Growing up Southern Baptist I have indelible memories of the Sunday School offering envelope used by the church. It was more than a tracking device for offerings. We were also graded by our [...]
Hanging on my father’s office wall were six portraits of older men. Each represented a single character trait he wished to emulate in his own life and every morning standing before them he [...]
We helped move our daughter from Los Angeles to Dallas this month and it was a good opportunity to once again experience what a group of Harvard researchers labeled, the “Ikea Effect: When Labor [...]
Many of my favorite authors – like Annie Dillard, Mary Oliver, Tish Harrison Warren, and Wendell Berry – encourage us to look for beauty in the ordinary. Books are written about [...]
Listen to “A Soul At Risk” by Fred Smith You may have been watching the news this week about the indictment of Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking in children. What has been so [...]
Listen to “No Words” By Fred Smith When I came out of the Navy I had developed an acute allergy for profanity. All four years I had listened to men young and old who could not [...]
Listen to “Repaid by Love” by Fred Smith Stories come in all shapes, don’t they? Today, there is an industry devoted to people anxious to understand their personal [...]
