by David Jacob Smith | Nov 2, 2008 | Personal Reflections
In just two days from now votes will be cast and America will decide who their next president will be. That decision, made by millions of Americans, will have ramifications for this nation and our way of life for decades to come. Decisions are like that. They play an...
by David Jacob Smith | Jun 15, 2008 | Personal Reflections, Spiritual Development
January 22, 2007 Lately I’ve wondered whether or not I’m addicted to T.V. Webster defines addict as, “to devote or give (oneself) habitually or compulsively to something”. I consistently find myself watching a lot of it. After an evening of staring mindlessly for...
by David Jacob Smith | Jun 15, 2008 | Personal Reflections, Spiritual Development
January 16, 2007 I need something to give the routine and mundane meaning. For me there has to be a purpose, a reason that allows me to live life with anticipation and hope from day to day. For many that purpose doesn’t go much further than putting food on the table,...
by David Jacob Smith | Jun 15, 2008 | Personal Reflections, Spiritual Development
January 3, 2007 I cleaned out my closet the other day getting rid of clothes I no longer wanted or which no longer fit. Yes, I have to admit my waist size has grown slightly. Fortunately I have been blessed with a metabolism that has at least kept me looking rather...
by David Jacob Smith | Jan 5, 2008 | Personal Reflections
Currently I’m a builder by profession, a carpenter by trade. By that, I mean, at this season in my life I make my living building things, primarily homes. But to identify myself, or be identified by others, as simply “a builder”, or as “a...
