Barbara Smith

Sustainability

Why are we as humans, so opposed to change? It is something that has been from the beginning of time and will always be with us, yet we cringe at the thought of it. It is said that the only thing that is sure in this life is death and taxes, however, I would state, […]

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Gelatinized

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:37 — 21.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreWhat makes your world make sense? What is the glue that holds everything together for you? Without a coagulation factor present, things can go

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The Sojourner

I have had the privilege of traveling to quite a few places in my lifetime, since I became a ‘missionary kid’ at the age of four. I was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in the United States, and raised in South Africa. I have also been to Canada, Cape Verde, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Israel, and

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It’s Not My Job

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:50 — 23.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreWe all are in different stages of maturity, however, there comes a time when we must take personal responsibility for our own actions. Let

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Entreating for Others

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:20 — 36.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreThere are many types of prayers that we can pray. Those of thanksgiving, those of requests to God and those of pure worship. Like

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The Distaff

You have heard the expression, “A woman’s work is never done.” This originates from the old rhyme that says, “Man may work from sun to sun, but woman’s work is never done.” This is meaning that though most men work full time jobs, when they get home, they rest and relax, whereas the woman must

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Cutting the Apron Strings

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:12 — 26.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreThere comes a time in everyone’s life when we have to grow up. There will be growing pains, but it is needful to move

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If It Doesn’t Pan Out

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:28 — 10.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Gaana | TuneIn | RSS | MoreThis walk of life is not a sprint, but a marathon. Those who endure to the end will receive a reward. If you first

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Innoculation

In my college communication classes, I noted as time went on and I tackled course after course, you could see that though were studying communications, which to many would be, ‘Oh, yeah, we had a conversation’, or ‘I talked to so and so on the phone yesterday,’ it is so much more than that. We

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