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Devotional: I caught a glimpse and that was enough
It has been great to see things blooming again. The call of the shutterbug wild has been creeping back into my heart, and the joy ...
Peter Smith, Author at Farmville
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Devotional: Let’s talk about cutting covenants
When was the last time you cut a covenant? My guess is that you have never actually cut a covenant, yet that is what the ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, March 1, 2024 7:11 pm
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Devotional: Home is where the heart is
The idea of home is a strong, persistent theme in human hearts. Home is where the heart is. Lives, families happen in homes. Those without ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, February 2, 2024 10:05 am
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Devotional: Let’s take a look at the Book of Ruth
Happy New Year! In the spirit of newness, I want to take a theme from my last devotional and make it new. Before, the idea ...
by Peter Smith, Thursday, January 4, 2024 11:01 pm
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Devotional: Being known
Longwood University retired faculty member extraordinaire, Dr. Carolyn Wells, is nearing the end of her earthly walk. She may even be in her next chapter ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, December 8, 2023 6:22 pm
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Devotional: We’re supposed to be different
As much fun as it would be to run for president, I have to tell you that it will never happen for me. Inevitably, I ...
by Peter Smith, Saturday, November 11, 2023 3:29 pm
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Devotional: Where is God in all this?
Honestly, I had not planned to write about this, but the Hamas attack on Israel dictated otherwise. Already, this terrible aggression is the latest and ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, October 13, 2023 12:18 pm
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Rev. Peter Smith: Where was God during Hamas attacks in Israel?
Honestly, I had not planned to write about this, but the Hamas attack on Israel dictated otherwise. Already, this terrible aggression is the latest and ...
by Peter Smith, Thursday, October 12, 2023 12:24 am
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Devotional: Table time is an important part of life
Everyone has probably been criticized or denigrated at some point in their life, but one thing I have never been called is a slouch at ...
by Peter Smith, Saturday, September 16, 2023 5:55 pm
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DEVOTIONAL: Take time and appreciate God’s creative work
“O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of ...
by Peter Smith, Saturday, August 19, 2023 6:24 pm
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Devotional: We’re in this together
“Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, July 21, 2023 3:11 pm
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Devotional: Answering evil with a greater love
When last I wrote, I was in Guatemala on a mission trip, meeting friends in faith and seeing firsthand the goodness of God’s love working ...
by Peter Smith, Thursday, May 25, 2023 5:40 pm
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Devotional: Let us not forget God’s goodness
Tell me if you see these flowers blooming on High Street. This is a shot I got last year when I heard that these glorious ...
by Peter Smith, Saturday, April 22, 2023 9:15 am
Columns
Devotional: Time to continue the work
Barbara Johns has gotten some special attention recently as her statue was slated to be added to the U.S. Capitol, and her story was referenced ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, March 17, 2023 4:55 pm
Church & Community
Devotional: What makes salt and light less useful?
What do square wheels, poisonous foods, glass golf clubs, and invisible car keys have in common? As tempting as it is to hope that they ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, February 10, 2023 1:55 am
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Devotional — We can’t help looking back
Do you take things for granted, too? Well, of course you do. We all have this tendency, but the end of one year/beginning of another ...
by Peter Smith, Saturday, January 7, 2023 9:00 am
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Devotional — Amen. Come, Lord Jesus
Here we are at the beginning of another season of Advent. In case this is news to you, Advent is a special time for the ...
by Peter Smith, Sunday, December 4, 2022 8:00 am
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Devotional — Look at all the vibrant colors
I had originally planned to go in a different direction with this devotional, but driving around these days proved too much for my weak will ...
by Peter Smith, Thursday, October 27, 2022 5:07 pm
Columns
Devotional — God connects through our senses: Sight
One of the amazing things about being human beings is that we have different ways of experiencing the world around us through our senses. Our ...
by Peter Smith, Monday, September 26, 2022 9:52 am
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Devotional — God connects through our senses: Hearing
One of the amazing things about being human beings is that we have different ways of experiencing the world around us through our senses. Our ...
by Peter Smith, Thursday, August 18, 2022 2:30 pm
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Devotional — Touch is a compassionate need for everyone
One of the amazing things about being human beings is that we have different ways of experiencing the world around us. Those are our senses, ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, August 5, 2022 12:39 pm
Columns
Devotional — Accept real liberty with God to be truly free
Our freedom or liberty is precious to us as Christians and Americans. We all take it all for granted, and it gets muddied because the ...
by Peter Smith, Thursday, July 7, 2022 6:26 pm
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Devotional — Spirit in different ways
Wind, Spirit, Breath. Throughout the Bible, these words are actually the same. Whether it is Ruah in Hebrew or Pneuma in Greek, the word for ...
by Peter Smith, Sunday, June 12, 2022 10:00 am
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Devotional — Careful consideration of symbols
Numbers 21:4-9 is an interesting and troubling story of the people of God on the Exodus becoming bitter toward God and Moses. The response is ...
by Peter Smith, Thursday, May 12, 2022 7:47 pm
Columns
Devotional — Good Friday at the beach
I must make a confession: in the middle of this uberbusy time of the preacher’s calendar, I took a vacation – just a few days ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, April 15, 2022 4:51 pm
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Devotional — Jesus is always with us
If you were Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, you would be consumed by one idea – how to get Putin to stop. This thought, this ...
by Peter Smith, Friday, March 18, 2022 10:03 am
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Devotional: Missed opportunities
It seems like just last year that I was watching and commenting on the Olympics. Oh, yes…, it was. Then, of course, it was the ...