by Nicole Smithee | Aug 21, 2025 | Life
In my last blog, I explored the deep need we all have to continually pursue wisdom. I shared a number of practical ways you can actively do this in daily life, and I’d encourage you to check out the list here if you haven’t already. Number 4 on the list was ‘Make...
by Nicole Smithee | Jul 28, 2025 | Leadership, Life
5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. He said: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be...
by Nicole Smithee | Jun 24, 2025 | Life, Motherhood
The last few years have been full of change for me. I became a mother. And since then, the newborn I once nursed is now a preschooler who just performed in her first dance recital, is currently taking swim lessons and will soon start soccer ones. During that same...
by Nicole Smithee | Jun 3, 2025 | Leadership, Life
One of the latest social media trends is all about exposing and promoting, you guessed it, common propaganda that is circulated on Instagram and TikTok. The trend is provocative and catchy, and let’s face it, a bit cheesy. It’s also thought-provoking and...
by Nicole Smithee | May 27, 2025 | Devotionals
12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher,...
