Would you please vote for Lynchburg 8/2/11 and 8/3/11 in the Bark for Your Park Dog Park contest? (You don’t have to live in Lynchburg to vote for our city. You can live in Hawaii or California or even down under. There are two ways to vote: Visit the Lynchburg’s Bark for Your Park entry [...]
I said yes to God a few years ago when “out of the blue,” my mailman showed up on my front porch and asked me to help with a jail ministry. (You can read the mailman story here.) Tonight I’m headed back to the Blue Ridge Regional Jail to meet with a small group of [...]
I announced a few weeks ago that “Breathe” was one of my words for 2011, but I’m not sure I ever mentioned why. I intended to, of course, but then life got in the way. Life has a way of doing that, doesn’t it? Then I wondered if it even mattered, explaining something that was [...]
There are certain things that draw my heart to Christmas, but nothing as significantly as the Celtic Christmas Eve service at Rivermont Avenue Baptist Church. “Come for the fiddle and pipes of the Celtic music. Come for the great illumination. Come for the Celtic carols and candles. Come for the ‘best nowells’ and be ‘blyth.’ [...]
For the last few days, Lynchburg temperatures have barely reached freezing and the windchill makes it seem MUCH colder. When it’s this cold outside, I wonder if the man in the moon has the covers pulled up over his eyebrows, so that the only thing you see is top of his head. That’s what I [...]
I heard God at [lcf] yesterday. Not audibly, mind you, but I so vividly had a sense that He was speaking to me during the prayer and praise gathering yesterday morning. [lcf] is Lynchburg Christian Fellowship, a 2-year old church plant that meets in Schewel Hall on the campus of Lynchburg College. Our family just [...]
This morning after Archie and I finished our run, I wandered through the Awareness Garden and boldly rang Lalla’s Bell three times. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Awareness Garden, let me explain. The Awareness Garden is a place of beauty and reflection for those whose lives have been touched by [...]
But what if he could teach us some things about the move of the Holy Spirit in the Church? Would you listen? Would your church? I just saw this awesome video and it’s got me thinking. Apparently Lenny Kravitz was in N’awlins having a drink when he heard his song being performed by a church [...]
This afternoon I facilitated a session on Networking IRL (In Real Life) for Young Professionals of Central Virginia. Here’s my slide deck. I’d love to know what you think. Networking In Real Life (IRL) View more presentations from Cheryl Smith. What’s your favorite networking story?
Earthquake in Haiti Shakes My MorningThis morning I had an early meeting scheduled with Rusty Goodwin and Noel Yeatts at World Help to discuss their Twitter strategy. World Help is a nondenominational Christian organization that was founded to meet the spiritual and physical needs of hurting people around the world. They are taking seriously the [...]
