Archive for September, 2008

Photos from Vacaville CA! »

Hey guys : )
I don’t often post a lot of photos from the road, and many of you have asked… So here are a bunch!
We played Thursday-Friday in Vacaville, then Sat-Sun in Foster City…both up in Northern Cali… I’m waiting on photos from Foster City…but here are a some from Vacaville!

Wake Me Up »

This photo says so much to me.
It says that anything can happen… and that business leaders, world leaders and all the control we feel we have over our lives really are a bit of an illusion.I don’t mean to sound pessimistic or ‘domesday-ish’… It’s just got me thinking.
It seems like we are in very strange [...]

T. S. Eliot - a poet who rocks! »

Hey friends,
I have a new author to tell you about….You know I love reading, so I thought I’d share a new discovery!
“Thomas Stearns Eliot” lived from 26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965. He was a poet, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot did the opposite of me - he was born [...]

Gospel Today Magazine pulled from Lifeway »

Hi friends!
Hows your week been? Hope you have a fun, restful and refreshing weekend ahead!
I was just reading one of my favorite Blogs - “ragamuffin soul” written by my good friend Carlos Whittaker. He had a very interesting post today, so I thought I’d share it with you. I love a good debate, and love [...]

Friendship & Earl Grey Tea! »

Hi friends!
I had a wonderful day today with my dear friend Melody Green.
She was visiting California, so she came down to San Diego and we went out for lunch overlooking the ocean. She loves British tea, so after lunch we went out for some of our favorite tea - Earl Grey!
Tonight we are sitting on [...]

Vicky’s podcast with “All About Worship.info” »

Hi gang!
Here’s a recent podcast I did with  “www.AllAboutWorship.info”. Hope you enjoy listening!
Click here to hear it…
It’s been a great weekend here in San Diego. I led worship for the four services at my local church and had a blast hanging out with the church musicians there all weekend. I went out to “Wahoo’s” with [...]

A Video Chat with Biscuet from Biscuet.com! »

Biscuet.com Video Podcast. June 18, 2008 from Jonathan Smyth on Vimeo.
Hi there!
Sometimes people say to me “why do you spend so much time on your laptop? It’s antisocial!!”. My belief is that my online community is just as real and important to me as my face to face community. Online I am linked in with [...]

The Crucified Life…. »

Hi friends,
Hope you had a great weekend! I led worship at Cottonwood Church, Los Alamitos, just outside of LA. It was a really special time - I made some great new friends and came home feeling really encouraged! Brandon and Matt, my drummer and bass player, loved it too. Matt even got his long curly [...]

“Caption Please!” »

So a while ago I mentioned in a Twitter that I had met “psycho cat” - the rather scary creature that lives in my new apartment complex here in California! I bent down to pet it once, which apparently it didn’t like! And ever since it seems to have been on the prowl, wanting to [...]

Aussie Joy…. she rocks! »

Hey there!
(1) A band on tour
(2) A bunch of Amish people stranded on the side of the road
(3) A phone number you can call, to get all your questions answered
What do these 3 things have in common?! Check out my friend’s blog to find out!

I love it when my friends Blog. There’s something so fun [...]