Barbara Smith

Music Communication-Part I

Although being alone with one’s thoughts occasionally is very beneficial, there is an innate need in mankind to be able to communicate with someone outside of themselves.  Even the extremely shy, the introverted or the most independent person finds themselves at one time or another craving contact with some means of expression other than their […]

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How to Manage Freedom

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:43 — 24.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreSo often even after we have been made free, we are held hostage by our own minds. We must let go of

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Flash in the Pan

The expression ‘flash in the pan’, does not originate with those panning for gold, though they used it to express their disappointment when they thought they had found something precious, only to discover it was nothing more than a rock. A cook whose bacon has caught on fire on a Saturday morning, might also use

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Working Blind

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:01 — 27.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreHow do people ‘walk by faith and not by sight’, you may wonder. It is because you have built a trust in

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Just Open Your Eyes

The development of photography is very interesting to me. Even though most people have always seen things in color, unless they are colored blind, pictures, and photography back in the day, started out as being black and white. The general concept of reflecting an image using what was called ‘camera obscura’ or ‘pinhole imaging’ dates

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Don’t Pet your Peeves

Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreThere are things that annoy us and can get our dander up, however, let us not allow them to get the better of us. Whatever

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Angry at the Seer

As humans we are very fickle. It is not often that we know what we really want. You have probably even said it yourself, “I’m so hungry but I just don’t know what I want to eat.” Of course, if you do not know, who is going to know, right? This is where the guessing

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The Leavening Agent

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:45 — 34.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreAll bakers know that in order for their cakes or breads to rise, they need a leavening agent. The Holy Ghost is

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The Fountain of Love

Most things we engage in are because of choices and decisions we make in our lives. All decisions have consequences, whether a blessing or a curse, good or bad, it is just the cause and effect that is automatically set in motion. Therefore, it is extremely important to choose wisely, no matter how weighty or

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