The Best View in Town with Nathan Wesley Smith & Friends
Episodes
40 episodes
Tamsey Smith: Season 3 Finale!
It's a tradition that the last episode of every season is me and my wife Tamsey reflecting together and sharing stories that will help you have a more hope-filled perspective. In this episode Tamsey shares a bit of her journey over the past yea...
Lisa Whittle: Resting in the Fact God Knows
Lisa Whittle is a best-selling author, speaker, teacher and podcaster but my favorite attributes about her are that she is a Pastor's kid who loves Jesus, is real, and is kind. With all she has going on Lisa has always found a way to pause and ...
Justin Porter: Failing Forward & Dreaming Again
My buddy Justin Porter is on the podcast this week... and this time, as a guest! After helping cohost the show for 2 years, Justin is on to bigger things and comes back to give an update on his journey. You will be challenged, inspired an...
Ben Finch: Following God in Life and Work
My amazing friend Ben Finch joins me this week from Athens, Tennessee where we talk about our 25 years of friendship, his amazing journey to becoming a world-renowned photographer, and how seminary almost made him lose his love for Jesus. You w...
Carlton Beall: Living With Legacy In Mind
My buddy Carlton Beall joins me this week from Lebanon, Tennessee where we have a conversation about his fascinating entry into business and then how God challenged him to be intentional in his parenting. Carlton has been a true friend to me th...
Special Update Edition
Hey Everybody! It's Nathan and just wanted to give you a short update as we take a pause from the weekly episodes to simply catch you up on what has been happening this season on The Best View in Town. I promised several links in this special u...
Donnie Floyd: Serving On The FrontLines of NASCAR
Donnie Floyd has one of the most amazing jobs in the world. He serves as the Chaplain for Hendrick Motorsports where he serves the hundreds of employees on the HMS team by caring for their spiritual and emotional needs. From baptizing people in...
JJ & Tiffany: Stewarding The Storm
JJ and Tiffany Johnson are some of my heroes. It's not just because they weathered a shark attack that took Tiffany's right arm, but because of how they have chosen to respond to that tragedy by stewarding the storm they faced and turning it in...
Wayne Atcheson: Revival Fire at 81 Years Old
Billy Graham was born and buried in Charlotte, North Carolina which is why the Billy Graham Library is located here. If you have never been you should definitely go as it is absolutely incredible. My guest today, Wayne Atcheson, was the...
Reward Sibanda: UpperRoom, WorldVision, and the "Glocal" Church
Such a great guy with such a great name! Reward and Nathan met 8 years ago and recently reconnected at the Ignite Movement National Summit. Reward travels the country with World Vision as the Senior Advisor for Church and Community Relati...
Skyler Farley: Bridging the Gap
Skyler Farley serves with a Campus Ministry called Ignite Movement that serves college students on University Campuses around America. Skyler and his wife Courtney serve the campus of Charlotte University through Ignite and are a tremendous ble...
Derrick Hawkins: Discovering a Promised City in Prayer
Derrick Hawkins has been gifted by God to be a leader, a pastor, and a prayer warrior. In today's episode he shares with Nathan about his journey in prayer and how God has used his life story to shape him for the next exciting season of his lif...
Nikita Koloff: Wrestling With What's Next
Nikita Koloff may be the Russian Nightmare from the professional wrestling world but he says he become the "devil's nightmare" after giving his life to Jesus in October of 1993. After winning world championships and being inducted into th...
Episode 25 Celebration! *BONUS EPISODE*
We actually made it to 25 episodes! Who would've ever thought I'd be that consistent and you'd stick around that long?! In all seriousness, this is a special episode where I, Nathan, just share a bit of the journey of getting the show started, ...
Nathan & Tamsey - Remembering God's Faithfulness in Hard Times
We are finishing season 2 with a conversation between Nathan and his wife Tamsey where they share some of their story of how they keep their focus on God's goodness in the midst of the challenge. In this episode they share a bit of how th...
Jean Gadotti - Trying While Trusting God's Peace
Pastor Jean Gadotti and Nathan have been friends for over 25 years. What started out as an unlikely friendship centered around playing guitar turned into a partnership where they both help Pastor the same church, The Refuge, on two different co...
Jay Stewart - Staying the Course and Stewarding the Gift
Pastor Jay Stewart has been in full-time ministry for nearly 40 years. For the last 20 of those years he has been Nathan's Pastor. In this episode they share some of their stories and talk about what a life of consistency looks like in a world ...
Temitope - Setting Tables and Horizontal Worship
Becoming comfortable in your own skin is more than a self-esteem issue, it's a relationship with God issue. We are all created in God's Image and are beautifully and wonderfully made. While we may not all be living in that reality and reflectin...
Wren Aaron - Becoming Who You Could Be
Wren was ministering to so many people through public education and coaching high school students that God eventually had him become a pastor at one of the largest churches in America. Wren and Nathan have been friends for over 20 years and in ...
Benite Juene - Always Look To Add Value
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with 80% unemployment and the average person making only $700 a year. But my friend Benite Juene who was born and raised there refuses to let that be what defines the people who live there....
Ken Pounders - Telling Your Story
Ken Pounders has overcome debilitating addiction and he and his wife Sonya help others do the same! Now, Ken not only leads a recovery ministry for men battling addiction but has served as a missionary and disciple maker around the world for de...
Dr. Joy Greene - Preparing for the Miracle
Dr. Joy Greene is our guest this week and she is bringing a bit of her Joytime ministry to The Best View In Town. Dr Joy is on over 2000 radio stations world-wide spreading encouragement and you will get a taste of that in our conversation toda...
Marcello Aquino - Seeing the Beauty in People
Marcello Aquino is very gifted photographer, designer, architect and musician from Recife, Brazil. He and Nathan have been friends for over 20 years and have done numerous projects and trips together around the world. They met in the most unlik...
