Your Name – Russell Smith
Where Do You Serve in Ministry – Madiera-Silverwood Presbyterian Church
Favorite Sandwich? – A nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe. They’re so perky! I love that.
One Thing I Own I Should Really Throw Out? – I have this rug that everyone hates, but I think it really pulls the whole room together.
Favorite Animal – A liger. It’s like a lion and tiger mixed …. bred for its skills in magic.
Have you asked someone for an autograph? Who? – No. But people ask for my autograph …. every time I authorize a credit card statement.
What do you think happens when we die? We enter into the perfect loving presence of God and the transcendence of eternity.
Favorite Book/Movie/etc – Among my favorite movies is the Princess Bride.
Most and Least Favorite Smells – Favorite – the fresh aroma of my wife’s cinnamon spice biscotti…. Least – Vomit
Exercise – Worth it? Yes or No – Yes
What’s the Most Used Non-Default App on your Phone – DuoLingo
What is your favorite Bible story or passage? – Ephesians 2:8-10
What is a recent quote from a book, article, or from Scripture that has spoken to you that you would want to share with the Presbytery? – “The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”

A Ralph Waldo Emerson quote that was printed and hung over the mantlepiece of Mark Twain’s home in Hartford, CT. Read about this in the Ron Chernow Biography of Mark Twain
You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life – what is it? “That Kind of Love” by Pierce Pettis (though I also love the Michael Card cover of this song)

Describe the rest of your life in five words – Growing ever closer to Christ