Listen to “Never Despair” by Fred Smith None of us thought it would end the way it did. It began with small, almost unnoticed decisions by Mrs. Britton, our Sunday School [...]
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 Gandalf Option” by Fred Smith In 2017 Rod Dreher published “The Benedict Option” to define the new relationship between the world and the Church allowing the [...]
Listen to “Rise Up” by Fred Smith My father had a life removed from us that we knew little about until we were grown. It was only a few years before he died that I understood [...]
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 “What Did You Bring Me?” By Fred Smith A big surprise for me when we moved to Tyler was how many people here travel all over the world. I expected a relatively small [...]
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