The Smith Slant – Tell all the truth but tell it slant

Gothic Giving

I wrote last year on the transition from Gothic architecture to Baroque and how that change reflected a larger and more theological shift in society. Gothic was focused on the hereafter and…

September 4, 2013

Fred's Blog

A String Around The Tree

I was born in 1946 – one year after Torrey Johnson Billy Graham and Chuck Templeton met and formed Youth For Christ. For years I heard the stories of how…

February 17, 2022

Fred's Blog

I Need a Religion I Can Smell

Our church has several of the ATM-like machines for donations and offerings. We jokingly call them “Automatic Tithe Machines.” I don’t know what percentage of the church’s giving comes through…

July 11, 2013

Welcome to the Smith Slant. For me, Emily Dickinson says, it perfectly. “Tell all the truth but tell it slant. The Truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind.” This site is a gradually growing archive of essays, blogs, photos, and other writings collected over the years but constantly being updated with fresh additions.