The Miter Box: Life From a Different Angle
A Blog by David Jacob Smith
Finding the Path of My Destiny: Why I Became a Life Coach
One of my biggest ambitions in life from my mid-twenties through my forties was to fill a leadership role in a church. I perceived my calling in life at that time to be that of a pastor/teacher and the only model I knew for fulfilling that was in a traditional church...
What Does Religion Have to do With Being a Christian?
For the majority of my life I have been on a personal quest to become what I would call a non-religious follower of Jesus Christ. Let me explain. When God became man in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, he did so, not to found a new world religion[1] but rather to...
Essentials for Reaching Our Destiny
What is needed in our life to propel us toward our potential and destiny in Christ? What are the qualities or essential ingredients which contribute to realizing all God has prepared for us to walk in? I was reflecting on this question today and I came up with the...
A Model for Change (Part 1) – Vision
I believe people can change. More significantly I believe people can be transformed. I believe this because transformation is held out as both a promise and an expectation Christ has for those of us who have chosen to follow him. I believe it because I have personally...
We Choose How We Live
"We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents, or the country of our birth. We do not, most of us, choose to die, nor do we choose the times and conditions of our death. but within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live." Joseph Epstein
Where Are You?
I am not talking about where you are geographically at this moment. Rather, where are you with your life? Interestingly, this is the very first question God asked man. “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9). Adam had managed to get himself into a rather awkward predicament....