This commentary is based upon the book titled Kingdom Principles by Myles Monroe.  In the text, he mentions “A second key component of every country is language.  A country is not a country unless it has ONE major language” (pg. 189).

During my Sunday prayer and meditation, I was enlightened by my current state of affairs and as I listened with purpose I begin to focus on the language of the Kingdom of God because the language [how I speak, my dialect] will identify which Kingdom [country of citizenship] I belong to.  The language of God is ONE speech.  Genesis 11:1 (KJV) says, “And the WHOLE earth was of ONE language and of ONE speech.”  Citizens of the Kingdom of God must have ONE sound, ONE language/dialect, ONE speech and it MUST sound like the King of all creation – God. 

In Genesis 11, the people of the land said LET US make brick; LET US build US a city and a tower; LET US make US a name.  They were speaking the language of God that was spoken “in the beginning” in Genesis 1, i.e. AND God said LET THERE, LET THE, and LET US make man in OUR image.  This image [the people] of God in Genesis 11 spoke like Father Elohim [our creator] and they too said LET US do this and that…whatever things that they decided to do.  However, God saw that the image He created was now IMAGINING themselves to become inhabitants outside of Him, i.e. LET US make US and LET US reach heaven!  The language of God is UNITY in Him, not unity in US without Him.  Selah.

His language is POWER and has life.  Proverbs 18:21 (KJV) says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue [the language, the speech]; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”  The language of God IS NOT a cliché [a word, a tongue, a language, a speech that has lost its power from overuse].  His language is not established in and from the world’s system; the world’s way of saying, doing; nor is it a man’s opinion.  A man’s opinion that is not the Word [the language] of God is equal death.  Selah!

However, when you are IN [within, inside of] the Kingdom of God there is no death because God is life.  Therefore, the citizens of God’s Kingdom must speak the language of life that is IN [within, inside of] God.  Any Word [speech, language] that is outside of and independent of God is death.  When this Kingdom language is engrafted [permanently attached] to and is spoken by the Kingdom citizens, THEN, and only then, will we experience the “ask in My name [or ask in My language, talk like I talk and I will understand my language] and I will answer you with My Word [my language].  John 15:7 (KJV) says, “If ye abide in me, AND my WORDS [my speech, my language, my dialect, how I speak and what I say] abide in you, ye shall ask what ye WILL [what you desire, want, and need], and it shall be done unto you.”

Why shall it be done?  Because I [Father Elohim] always respond to Myself, My Word, My tongue, My speech – I understand Myself saith the ADONAI!  Selah!  It is declared in Isaiah 55:11 (KJV), “So shall My Word [My tongue, My language, My speech, My sayings] be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it SHALL PROSPER [bring life and not death] in the thing whereto I sent it.” 

You will know if a person is of your culture, your citizenship, known as The Kingdom of God, because His spirit [His Word, language] in you will identify with itself [His Word, language] in another.  Too often we have heard an anomalous sound [an abnormal, uncharacteristic word that is not the language of the Adonai…it is a strange babel] from “A” kingdom that has established itself within “THE” Kingdom [the Body of Christ] of God. 

This anomalous sound can be heard from the hurting lay members, the unlearned leaders, the lying prophets, the whoring bishops, the trifling deacons, the incompetent competent musicians, and foolish mothers, and it draws the citizens of The Kingdom of God to division because many who have heard also listened and obeyed the abnormal language [sound].  They never studied the LANGUAGE of God to know His tongue and His sound.  The scripture declares in Numbers 23:19-20 (KJV) that, “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath He said, and shall He not do it? or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?  Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and He hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.”  If God’s language doesn’t consist of incompetence, lying, affliction, and manipulation, then the citizens of His Kingdom should not embrace strange sounds and an erroneous dialect.

This anomalous sound and erroneous dialect [language] according to 1 Corinthians 13:1 (KJV) is such, “Though I speak [have a language of and] with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”  In other words, the speech is full of NOISE and no POWER.  Remember, the language, speech, of God is POWER.  Selah! 

Due to this NOISE, the body of Christ is spiritually scattered, such as in Genesis 11:9, “…and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth” i.e. denominational wars and separation of the church [which are the people] and the government.  In fact, The Kingdom of God is the government; it is the leading authority that has POWER – remembering that the language and speech of God is POWER!  Some of us, sadly stated, have separated ourselves from the King, from His Kingdom, His Country, His Laws, His Land, His Principles, and His Language by also embracing the language [opinions] of man. 

Being that we’ve decided to be part of God’s Kingdom, we MUST speak [preach, teach, prophesy, sing, give music to] His ONE Language and we shall then behold the “AND God [I] said, AND God [I] saw, AND it was [is] GOOD [well, valuable, delightful, beautiful, EXCELLENT]! 

Shalom!

References:

Monroe, Myles (2006).  Kingdom Principles:  Preparing for Kingdom Experience and Expansion, Destiny Image Publishers

© Angela M. Smith November 28, 2010

Equal to drops like rainwater sitting on a frond, the word bandwagon sat upon my heart. I’d not heard this word in a very long time and immediately knew it was alive with purpose.

The term is richly associated with conformity, in which Apostle Paul beseeched us (the believers in Yeshua and Father Elohim Who gave Him to us) to be ye not conformed to – to this world. Yet, many members of many bodies have rebelled against such begging.

I asked my lads, “What do you think of this word?” They sounded off, “It’s about people wanting to ride with you, because of your success, to gain their own, and they don’t even care for you. They are riding off your good name and your knowledge, skills, and abilities to give the appearance that they are (fill in the blank) when they have not become (fill in the blank).

They were not far off in their thinking.

In addition, I explained to them that it’s also about people who are hopping on to a belief, a statement, an opinion, breaking news, or a promotional ad, and the increase of the persuasion (many, many people hopping on in agreement with those things) says, ‘OH, this must BE fully true and authentic!’

The TRUTH is this: a whole lot of these wagons are leading a whole lot of people into the danger zone. These bandwagons (that many have hitched a ride on) are wooing a nation of people. They are wooing them into a secret place: a place that they don’t know they don’t want to be. And, it’s not the wise sinner man thumbing for a ride. It’s the foolish saved man, who has forsaken knowledge, whose ego is on 1,000; who’s snobbish, selfish, and puffed up, and who has ceased to seek the Kingdom of YAH. SELAH.

As I have nurtured my family, I minister to you – don’t jump on every bandwagon. Choose them wisely.
© 2016 Angela M. Smith (Nataph)

On yesterday, I was part of a discussion about friendships, and a few things wiggled in my mind about establishing relationships including, friendships. It’s likened to an employee-employer relationship. An applicant’s resume (introduction) can be spot on; their first impression is so attractive that you start crushing on them and advocate for them to the hiring team to extend an offer. The candidate accepts the offer. YAY! Right?  

So, then, they attend regular training sessions to learn more about the relationship that they are developing. There is a culture that they must embrace to remain in the relationship; there are standards, policies, and operating procedures that will enhance the budding connection. During the probationary period – 90 days – the applicant (who is now in your life, in your house, as an employee) starts to exhibit conflicting behaviors with you – the employer.

You see that their ethics, personality, and morals are antagonistic! Their behavior is proving to be detrimental to the relationship. And you, you are not in a position to compromise EVERYTHING you have worked for to build this company (life) of excellence and destroy even a part of the whole to accommodate this imbalance to “fill a void.” OOO-WEE Jesus! Selah.

At this juncture, most employers will terminate the relationship for the cause of “you are not a good fit” for the company (what I’ve established). Selah!

In like manner, it is so with any other relationship, whether they be platonic friendships, romantic relationships, ministry friendships, business friendships, counselor-client relationships, and so forth and so on. When you discover that “they are not a good fit for you,” your soul, the direction of your life’s journey, morals are not parallel, standards break bread with the spirit of ignorance, etc., be free to acknowledge that it is not going to work!   

BE A FRIEND TO YOURSELF AND LET IT GO!

The other thing that has been ringing in my soul is Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (KJV):  

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

This kind of relationship, in the above scripture, is not for the marriage relationship only. It should be palatable and desirable in all friendships, companionships, relationships. But, if the one you are with isn’t a good fit, release that relationship – LET IT GO! Let it go for the betterment of both souls. Don’t lose yourself trying to compel them, someone, anyone, to become to you who they don’t care to be. Selah!

© 2021 Angela M. Smith (Nataph)

On March 11, 2021, at 12:44 a.m., a dear friend sent me a YouTube video entitled “The Lord Made me for Song.” When I woke up about 6:45 a.m. (six hours later), I immediately tuned in to the lyrics. When I took my son to therapy, I let him listen and begin to minister to him. After he got out of the car, I called my friend and spoke to him briefly about a workshop I’d written many years ago entitled “I Am A Song.”

These lyrics continued to flow until 9:18 a.m.

We are intricate compositions, and if we do not discipline ourselves, people will take advantage of us and abuse the score that God has created. Do not let anyone come into your space and scratch up your music sheet. Do not let anyone breach your legroom and rearrange the score that God has created, designed, you to be. You are a song. I am a song!

We are such strong sexual beings and must discipline this part of our music score; we’re not trying to entice you; we can’t help it that our song (life) is spiritually erotic. For this truth, people often do not know how to interact/dwell with us. They will get frustrated at our sexual desires because they do not understand that we know who we are, and we have to sing our song (express ourselves) often! Selah! When people do not understand the score that we are, and we let them lift the piano lid of our heart, they sit on our music bench and strike our black and white keys in every ear-piercing refrain.

They slip in between the music lines and get attached to our eccentricity. Often, we are taken advantage of; abused mentally, psychologically, and emotionally. Not because we don’t value ourselves, but because we are vulnerable to love enough to let those who do not know us play us. Selah. Ultimately, the onus is on our shoulders to get our keys replaced! We are the ones responsible for getting ourselves tuned again! We are the ones responsible for getting our shanks and hammers repaired because someone played us too hard. Selah! We love them, but they played us! They were chaotic and unaware minstrels who honored not our elaborate concerto.

Don’t let anyone play you again! Don’t let them mark up your music sheet! Don’t let them devalue your notes and increase or decrease your time signature. Don’t let them change your tempo! Don’t let them alter the anatomy of the musical score that Yah created.

Get to know yourself! Protect the gift that you are; polish your image so that you recognize the incompetent conductor who wants to dance to your song, rock to your rhythm, and swing symphonically with you. Wax on practice and wax off procrastination! And when the next melodist sings your song, you will know them by the fruit of their production. Then, perhaps the two of you will make uninhibited melodies. Selah! © 2021 Angela M. Smith (Nataph)

My Morning Meditation: As I savored Psalm 125, verses 2 and 5b are resting on my palate even though the entire song is delectable. The sun was shining very bright this morning. Every day, on my way to work, I must turn eastbound on Jefferson St., and there He is – The Son – shining upon me. Hiding my eyes, I stood in the parking lot and looked upward; I was determined to soak in His company.

My thoughts were wiggling as I submitted every concern to my Abba, Father. “Don’t you worry about this; I will take care of that. Rest in Me; I will not forsake you.” I attempted to pray for every name that scrolled across my face (my sons and daughters, my family at large, my cousins and friends [those I have met face-to-face and those I’ve never laid eyes on], my colleagues and business associates). Even as I send this message, the names are flooding in. These are not random prayers but specific supplications for grace outcomes.

I wanted to share this gospel with you today. Says The Spirit of Yeshua Christ, whom I believe in and who is my Comforter:

This is I shining on you. I Am pleading your cause. GO! Shine for Me!

I encourage you to BE aware of His presence. The glory of the LORD has risen upon you; ARISE and shine for Him. LET the earth, you, and wherever you be, shine with His glory! LET the gospel of Christ blind the spirit of darkness (ignorance). Selah. Shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of Yah our Father. Let His candle shine upon your head, i.e. your thoughts, your ideas, your creativity, your mind, and your innovativeness, and lead you on a safe passage to purpose seized. Alleluia!

Surely, surely and truly, truly as the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord IS round about His people from henceforth even for ever; PEACE (favor, kindness, goodwill, unity) shall be upon you.
© 2021 Angela M. Smith (Nataph)

My Morning Meditation.  We encountered many obstacles before stopping at a restaurant that looked less than a reputable eatery.  I said to him that we should not eat here!  He was persuasive that it was okay to stop there for a small/quick meal and then get back on the road.  He and the child were seated at a table, and I stepped outside to buy a pair of sweatpants. The lady said, “That will be 25 cents and 300 dollars.”  I buffeted against her and finally said, “You mean $300.25!?” She confirmed as I replied, “I’m not paying that amount for a pair of sweatpants! 

She firmly stated, “If you touch it, you buy it!  ALL touches are final.”  Selah! 

This statement is madly powerful.  Outside of this dream life, in real life, all sales ARE NOT final, but all soul connections (soul touches) certainly are expensive and difficult to return.  Any $ amount on a soul touch will be inaccurate.  Selah.  As I turned to go inside and get him, he was coming from the restroom and angry!  He complained about the stalls and how it was crowded and dirty.  However, the child was still at the table.  Selah.

The words that keep rising are at the table, worth and value.  To me, these two words, worth and value, are so loosely organized on the lips of many individuals and some life coaches and relationship experts, as they are named.  Nonetheless, the less than a reputable restaurant and the ridiculously overpriced sweatpants are very significant in that we must apply these finishing touches to our lives:

1.) We must be/remain good stewards of our income and wealth.

2.) We must not squander our money, time, and resources in places that are both unclean, unreasonably high-cost, and with people who have no respect for us.

3.) We must be both virtuous and valorous in every area of our lives.  Selah!

4.) We must be diligent to love ourselves better so that we can love others selflessly.

5.)  We must have an audacious assurance to demonstrate that love – whatever type of love that it is.  Selah!

The phrase at the table is noteworthy because the child is the only person who did what we stopped to do.  Eat!  SELAH!  We must do what we are sent to do. 

© 2021 Angela M. Smith (Nataph)

In times past, under the supervision of a bully, I was instructed to MAKE THEM (a group of new people) participate in a company-wide initiative that was an option. Even though the company wanted them to partake, it was not compulsory – it was optional. I explained to the supervising bully that I am not in a position to MAKE THEM do anything and that I’d gladly extend to them the information so that they can DECIDE (deliberately consider and act unhurriedly about) if they wanted to engage or not. Furthermore, I am in no position to take away, abort, their freedom to choose.

Regarding the word abort (which has been stirring in my headspace for the past 24 hours), induced abortion is optional. You choose! You conclude! You decide! You resolve! You make up your mind! YOU! YOU! YOU! You have a right to settle within yourself and act upon your settlement. Conversely, spontaneous abortion is not an option but rather a natural attribute of the phenomenon called a miscarriage. This type of abortion is not cruel as induced abortion is, and you have no control over who decided to abort. Selah.  

Have you ever considered that if an induced abortion is you killing your unborn baby in this realm, a miscarriage is your fetus terminating its unborn self in its realm? Have you ever taken into consideration that your fetus, in its domain of life, knows that “I’m not going to make it… LET ME abort and try again!”  Selah.  

DECISIONS… made in the womb are outside of our control. Selah. Unequivocally true, we are powerless and incapable of taking away the choice, the liberty, of a fetus who is BECOMING. Selah.   

So whether induced abortion or spontaneous abortion, both are decisions to abort. As a mother of spontaneous abortion, the aftermath (even so of both choices) are emotionally, physically, psychologically, and spiritually disheartening and enervating at best. The consequences and results can be, and sometimes is, the death of individuals. Nonetheless, a man, political man, husbandman, or woman should not behead the living’s right to choose. This statement isn’t inferring that choosing induced abortion is honorable but rather articulate that arresting and handcuffing my right to choose is reprehensible.    

© 2021 Angela M. Smith

This morning, Chadwick Boseman visited me in my dream.

I had awakened at 4:00 a.m. and noticed that my son hadn’t made it home from work yet. But, when I looked out of the window, he was downstairs. After he walked into the house, I couldn’t comfortably doze off, so I begin to pray for rest to come and that this nagging migraine would dissipate. My brain was wiggling for over an hour as I determinedly focused on specific scriptures to guide me back to sleep.

At 5:45 a.m., I awakened again because my other son was leaving the house to go to the gym. Once more, I began to pray because I wanted/needed sleep and rest. As I relaxed, Chadwick Boseman appeared to me in my dream. He had an authentic soul full of tender compassion. His familial spirit was heartwarming. While we sat at the table, he LISTENED intently to my heart’s desire, gave me sound wisdom, and rubbed my ‘feet.’ SELAH! He confirmed to me: PURSUE and CONQUER! THIS…this sounds like the Holy Ghost to me!

While at the table, a man came into the house seeking Chadwick’s help. The man tried to manipulate Chadwick, but Chadwick recognized the spirit and told the man, “I know that you come lying, but had you come in the right spirit, I would have helped you.” While he was speaking, Chadwick laid his right hand on that man’s back, and the man repented; he was sent away and told to come again when his heart was right. The man left with no hatred, no bickering; he respected Mr. Boseman and did just as he instructed to do. SELAH! When Chadwick came back to the table, his wife and I had been chatting and laughing, and she said it was time to go to the yard.

Those who know me know that I don’t walk outside barefoot, but this time – this time, I jumped up and cheerfully followed her outdoors. Then, I saw her, a (Chadwick’s) beautiful little girl riding a tricycle. She had no concerns, was riding in freedom, enjoying the deserts of her father’s labor provisions. SELAH! His house sat behind a gate, the land was spacious, and I noticed that the house had no windows, only the window frames. There were no worries about people breaking in because people knew they were already welcome. SELAH! My LORD of Mercy!!!

When I got to the end of the house, there was a maze of grass, and his wife said, “You need shoes, Angela.” And Chadwick, running up behind me, gearing up in a BREASTPLATE and a HELMET (face to the floor – good Jesus!), said, “Angi, you don’t have your shoes on! You can’t GO without your shoes!” As he was speaking, I was standing at the edge of the grass but wouldn’t step in the grass because – I HAD NO SHOES! My LORD of Mercy!!!

He spoke into my left ear, and I heard him as if I were awake, “You may fall off the path, but the detour will still get you to where you’re going.” At that moment, as he was speaking in my ear, I was traveling in unfamiliar territory. There was a man in the back seat, passenger side, in-and-out-of consciousness. The car was accelerating on its own, and I felt like I was losing control. I was on a bridge and sharply veered to the right, crashing through a RAIL – a BARRIER. When I landed, I landed on rocky terrain. But, the vehicle was heavy-duty, and the path I was on did, precisely, what Chadwick said, “…still got me to where I was going.”

There is quite a bit of revelation to this I see and hear: I had no shoes of preparation to PURSUE and CONQUER! This victorious posture requires me to BE PREPARED – at all times. I can’t be distracted by those who are behind me and unconsciousness; my focus must remain on what is in front of me. My BREAKTHROUGH will not kill me. SELAH! I must TURN NORTHWARD (keep looking ahead; come on up a little bit higher), Kadimah march.
© 2020

DISTRACTIONS! They will come! We must be diligent in working against them and not with them. I knew where I was going; my map was accessible, and my eyes fixed on the road. Exit 64 was my exit. However, there was an obese DISTRACTION sitting in the passenger seat. When I picked up my map, I realized that I had missed my doorway (my exit).

As I was approaching Exit 7, I got off on Exit 7 and needed to visit the restroom. Dingy! Dirty! Unsecured! One bathroom for everyone (male and female) to occupy! I instructed my sons to WATCH! Be Attentive! LOOK carefully around! After I finished using the restroom, we were going to get back on the road and go back towards our original destination. Suddenly, two large figures hurried in front of me and got stuck on the ramp – just lollygagging around.

DISTRACTIONS! PUSH! You can’t stay here – PUSH THROUGH!

These words resounded as I awaken to a quiet house and begin to pray. The Holy Ghost instructed me to call my sons together for this exhortation:

You will not surrender to being STUCK in this season. Not on my watch! PUSH THROUGH these obese demons that block your path. Your wrestle is not against flesh and blood; what you can see, hear, taste, smell, and touch. Your wrestle is against principalities, powers, and spiritual wickedness in high places. You will not succumb to the ruler of ignorance!

My job as the matriarch of this family is to ASSIST you. I place my hands on your buttocks and PUSH! You will not get comfortable on this exit of completion (Exit 7). Rise! Elevate your mind! Repent! Get back on the path to your purpose, your God-ordained destination (Exit 64)!

PUSH THROUGH! You will pursue and achieve – PUSH THROUGH!

You will not surrender to being STUCK in this season. Not on my watch!
© 2020 Angela M. Smith

Soul Healing IS NOT a one-time event.  The soul is continuously evolving, which means healing is urgent for every measure of growth.  It is similar to bathing or cleaning your toilet or washing clothes.  You do these hygienic acts daily, every other day, three times a week, etc.  Likewise, your soul needs hygienic attention.  The soul will not survive and thrive from one-time healing; healing of varied matters if not the same situation, again. Selah.

My Soul Healing is beautiful. 

Although I do not enjoy the feeling of nervousness, I do acknowledge that it is present. For a very long time, at least the past 30 years, I have been the strong one in my weakness, and it is utterly refreshing to be the weaker vessel.  What I mean by the use of this term is that at another healing juncture in life, I am dwelling in the presence of understanding, kindness, wisdom, and patience.  With all the gifts and talents that God has freely given to me, I have, at will and request, oozed out wisdom and knowledge, and prayers, and a listening ear, etc.  Neglecting my soul care for an extended length of time has warranted the need to receive those same gifts and talents at will and request.  It is essential; so, I embrace them without hesitation.

Some time ago, I wrote a blog titled Forbidden Tears Flowing Again.  Well, those tears were flowing again last night.  I am light(er).

As a dreamer, I count them all significant and relevant.  Last night, I dreamt that a woman at my place of employment did not follow the protocol to receive a check for an educational expense.  This woman did everything she could to make it appear that I was the culprit for her mistake.  She was attempting to browbeat me with scores of scenarios that would make her not guilty.  Readily, I have not discerned what this means, but I will wait and listen – to hear what the Spirit of the LORD shall reveal.

Nonetheless, when I opened the envelope, the check was for $23,500.00 made payable to someone other than the woman.  Two (2), three (3), and five (5); ten (10); two-hundred (200) and thirty-five (35). Those numbers are noteworthy.

As I gasped to catch my breath, I awakened to discover that I was feeling nervous – again! I was lying on my left side, and as I opened my eyes, I simultaneously heard an even-toned still small voice in my left ear. It was distinct, crystal clear, no anger, no distortions. He, the man speaking in my ear, softly called my name. I am awake; my eyes are open, and I am staring at the air. Selah. The ringing in my ears intensifies as he and a woman started to mumble and laugh about my healing. As he inched in toward my head, he said, “I know you hear me!” Then, I saw him turn his face to the woman, whom I could not see, and they laughed even more. While they laughed, I begin to pray out loud until the taunting vanished from my presence.

Every still small voice is not the voice of God!

The first time that I can recall hearing the Holy Spirit speak was in/around 1991/1992, urging me to tithe. The very next day, my boyfriend/manfriend totaled my brand new car AFTER he took me to work. Another time was in 2008/2009 when I sent my sons home to Florida for the summer.  My sister whispered to my spirit and told me not to worry. When my soul was relaxed, she called me and said… wait for it… do not worry.  On another occasion, in 2008, the Holy Spirit informed me that a specific group of the church [people] was talking about me.  Moments later, a man of the cloth who was in that group setting told me that I was the conversation piece over their dinner.  All of that to say, hearing is not strange for me. But, the SOUND of this man and woman gripped my soul.

Now, about those numbers: perfectly persuaded that my union (2) with the Holy Spirit is divine and undivided (3), my soul healing will live unbroken. His [the power of Christ my Savior] grace (5) is breathing on me; it is present and plentiful, and it is substantially sufficient for me. I shall remain hygienic – the onus for complete order and lawful control (10) of my soul is on my shoulder.  Alone, I am insufficient (200), but in the presence of a wise and godly counselor (many counselors, if you choose), I will not fall, I am safe; my hope (35) is beaming, and my victory is immutable.

Yeah, I feel alright about my Soul Healing.

© 2020 Angela M. Smith