writings from Nathan Wesley Smith
We live in the ‘information age’. If you want to know something you’re only a click away. Never before in history have we had such unprecedented access to a seemingly unlimited amount of information and knowledge. There are so many benefits to such a situation. Need to do some research, skip the library and just reach in your pocket. Want …
New and exciting is, well… new and exciting. We all love a new car, a new house a new stream of income and a new start. Here at the start of a new year it’s easy to think about new and exciting. The problem is, many of us are not doing anything new and exciting. We’re driving the same car, …
Here were are in the waning last days of the year. I don’t know about you, but I often evaluate the past year and anticipate the coming year as December winds down. Sometimes that is exciting and encouraging. Other times it is deflating and can feel a bit hopeless. If I’m honest, I feel a bit of both this year. …
Quiet morning. Cup of coffee. Bible in hand and heart yearning for communion with the Lord. Cat video. Refocused devotional reading. Calendar update. Prayer time…. sports highlight, great deal on Christmas gifts, birthday party invitation, reminder to pick the kids up from school today, you tube sensation, etc…. ‘Quiet time’ over. Time to go to work. Ever been there? The …
We are coming into crunch time as it relates to finishing up Christmas shopping. People will be clamoring about, looking for deals and last minute treasures to buy and give as gifts just days later. Thankfully, you are smart enough to read this and save yourself hundreds of dollars this Christmas. I don’t normally write about financial issues since my …
I have been in Israel for the past week and today I visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem. It was my third time to go and the impact is the same every single time. There are no words for the emptiness and sorrow that it produces in you. I go back because I never want to forget. …