writings from Nathan Wesley Smith
I have had the privilege of traveling to many different countries around the world. Often, I have been ministering by either speaking or leading worship. Once, while on a tour of Eastern Europe, I was preparing to go out on stage in Croatia when I realized something was wrong with my guitar effects pedal board. Making a few quick changes, …
Fashion and art, much like politics, are almost always downstream of culture. They only reflect the attitudes and worldview of the population, they don’t create those attitudes initially. It’s how style becomes trendy or how a public figure becomes popular; they aren’t saying something new, they’re putting words and giving expression to the prevailing feelings and spirit of the age. …
Last year Jordan Speith become one of the youngest players to ever win The Master’s, setting all kinds of records along the way to his victory. That was inspiring enough for my son to use his birthday money (his birthday fell on the final day of the Masters last year) to go buy himself a junior golf club set. Since …
Things are not always as they appear to be. The same could be said of many people. One of my all-time favorite books is ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ by John Bunyan. Written over 300 years ago, the book is as relevant and impacting now, as it was then. Bunyan wrote the story as a Pastor in prison for sharing the Word …
It is nearly impossible to walk through the check-out line at the grocery store without being confronted with 17 different magazines offering you at least 249 hot new sex tips. It is embarrassing to see the absolute desperation of marketers to grab people’s attention by offering hope to find satisfaction in ways that only lead to greater emptiness. It is …
God has been talking to me about slingshots and rubber bands lately. I realize that may not seem like something God would really spend a lot of time talking about with people, but He knows what reaches me. When I was a little boy I had many slingshots. Some I bought. Some I made. Basically every ‘Y’ shaped stick I …