Mandy Smith

Christian women, Help me research my next book ("What Women Know About Jesus" with NavPress), exploring Kingdom capacities of women which we often don't perceive as leadership capacities. Take the survey & share with friends! forms.gle/QezwuBCc1diCR3…

Christian women, please take part in this research for my upcoming book with NavPress ("What Women Know About Jesus"), exploring our Kingdom capacities that often aren't seen as leadership capacities. And feel free to share the survey with others too. forms.gle/QezwuBCc1diCR3…

💥New Episode! How Confession Unlocks Your Leadership - Mandy Smith - 178 - FrontStage BackStage with Jason Daye Watch >> youtu.be/XAVqTwcJW9U Listen >> apple.co/4ggFRBE @pastorserve @MandySmithHopes

What began as a quick post about the things I learn from art-making became a kind of manifesto for what artists know about leadership (with pictures!) missioalliance.org/what-art-does-… @missioalliance

It makes no sense. The more I give my life to Jesus, the more Mandy I become.

@tsh And since I see you are writing a novel I’m also suggesting a fantastic podcast for fiction writers who want to write spiritually rich novels. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hel…

Today is my last day posting things online before I take my summer screen sabbatical until September. I plan to finish the first draft of my novel, and for me, good writing only happens in tandem with good reading. On my summer stack so far: • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke • Table for Two, by Amor Towles • I Cheerfully Refuse, by Leif Enger • How Fiction Works, by James Wood • Mastering the Process, by Elizabeth George • Mystery and Manners, by Flannery O'Connor • On Writing & Writers, by C.S. Lewis I'd like to find one more novel. I'm talking well-written, thoughtful but not pretentious; readable but not silly. Open to any genre. I read a LOT of old classic literature, so I prefer finding a newer book that reads like an older classic. What would you recommend? (art: Still Life with Books and Candle, 1890, by Henri Matisse)

@tsh Have you read Everything Sad Is Untrue? Both winsome and moving—my favourite kind of reading.

The messy things stirring in us which we often avoid or feel ashamed of are signposts of God's work in the world. Will we pay attention? @missioalliance Resting in the Divine Current – Missio Alliance missioalliance.org/resting-in-the…

What on earth happened on the cross? Join this wonderful conversation with @BrianZahnd "Zahnd allows the cross to be absurd, puzzling, grotesque and beautiful. To embrace the richness of the cross will stretch us." missioalliance.org/a-poetic-theol… @missioalliance @ivpress

Preachers need a word! Take 5 minutes before you proclaim it to breathe & take it in with this new mini podcast. nathanhoff.substack.com/p/a-voice-from…

Take 4 mins to reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus. vimeo.com/915008408?shar…

Ministry friends, on this huge week in our Church calendar, it's easy to feel pressure to be perfect. But hidden in the story we're telling is a reminder that most of Jesus' closest friends were far from perfect. And it didn't keep him from revealing life and light.

How do we, as preachers with our limited medium of spoken words, communicate to beings whose experience is beyond words? preachingtoday.com/holidays-event…

I love words, but they're not my first language. A behind-the-scenes look at how one preacher/writer finds the words for big things. preachingtoday.com/holidays-event… via @preachingtoday

@revchrisrussell It just made its way to my doorstep here in Australia. Can’t wait to read it!

Join the next writers' cohort!

@mathyouerickson @winncollier @westernsem @TrygveJohnson Congratulations, Dr Erickson!

@winncollier @westernsem @MandySmithHopes @TrygveJohnson Thank you so much, Winn!

I'm so glad to be back at the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination at @westernsem this week for the final cohort gathering of my Doctor of Ministry program. Such a wonderful group of people to be with and setting to be in. @winncollier @MandySmithHopes @TrygveJohnson

The point of Sabbath-keeping is not to live an idyllic life through management of our time and energy. The point is to reveal to us the limitations of human efforts. So, ironically, our attempts to perfectly manage our rest can undermine the whole point. missioalliance.org/tired-of-feeli…

@pauljpastor Praying for the process of bringing your words to the world.

Big personal news! I'm under new literary representation, now working with dear friend and publishing *legend* Whitney Gossett. We're circulating the proposal for The Fire Cantos, my major work-in-progress, soon. It is a deeply spiritual narrative poem of wildfire in the West.

For my preaching friends, feeling the pressure to find a new spin on the Christmas story. Preach Nothing New This Christmas . . . And It Will Be Novel preachingtoday.com/holidays-event… via @preachingtoday