March 23, 2020
Still ResonatesKeeping Your Cool...
I woke up this morning feeling great! I watched the news and got the latest and greatest reports about 2019-nCoV, a.k.a. ‘the Coronavirus,’ and other highlights from here and abroa
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The 2012–2020 body of work.
A preserved historical archive from an earlier season of writing, kept with context and care.
Still Resonates
Still Resonates
These pieces hold up. Selected from the 2012–2020 archive because the question, lesson, or conviction is still alive.
December 19, 2019
Still ResonatesLies
One of the most powerfully destructive forces on this planet is a lie. The crazy part is that when we are withholding the full truth or blatantly speaking something false, we aren’
Read moreDecember 11, 2018
Still ResonatesOur First Official Book Signing!!!
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-signing-with-jackie-smith-jr-tickets-53582921962 We're having our FIRST OFFICIAL BOOK SIGNING!!! Come out and join the Establishing Glory MOVEMENT!!! We j
Read moreSeptember 10, 2018
Still ResonatesRevisiting Your Why
When I was a Health & Fitness Consultant, one of the things that I never did was pressure people to use our products and services. I believe that high pressure sales have their pla
Read moreAugust 21, 2018
Still ResonatesWhy do I Celebrate Every Day of My Birth Month?
My Birthday, or National Holiday, as i call it, is August 16, 1971. Over the past few years, I decided that celebrating the day, or weekend, of my birth wasn’t enough. Why? Because
Read moreMay 4, 2018
Still ResonatesMy First Book!!!
Very few words can express how excited I am about my new book... "Establishing Glory: The Praise and Worship Handbook" Please help to support this new season by Pre-Ordering YOUR c
Read moreJanuary 8, 2018
Still ResonatesAn Unfair Comparison
All too often, we compare our various situations and circumstances with what we envision, and in some instances, or what we know others are going through. I call this, ‘An Unfair C
Read moreJuly 10, 2017
Still ResonatesWithout Distraction…
This past Saturday, I went into work and ended up working half of the day. Since, I didn’t totally prepare for working for such an extended amount of time, I was STARVING when I fi
Read moreJune 18, 2017
Still ResonatesNever Lose Sight of Your Why...
By profession, I work in Information Technologies. By trade, I am a musician. The two main reasons that I work in these two industries is to support my family to the best of my abi
Read moreJune 4, 2017
Still ResonatesThe Harvest NOT The Haters…
The contemporary message of “The Haters” has been going on for several years now and quite frankly that message is played. Now, before y’all get all super-spiritual AND ultra-deep…
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Still ResonatesWhat do you want?
One of the most powerful questions that we can ask anyone is, “What do you want?” And before your mind wanders, I’m not referring to the aggravated version where we’re heavily invo
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