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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 ...
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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
DEVOTIONAL
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
DEVOTIONAL
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
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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
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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
DEVOTIONAL
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
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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 ...
by Peter Smith, Sunday, February 20, 2022 5:51 pm
DEVOTIONAL
Are we chasing the right newness?
Is it too late to give a “Happy New Year?” You might think so. It is several weeks into the new year already. We have ...
by Peter Smith, Thursday, January 20, 2022 7:00 pm
DEVOTIONAL
Thanksgiving opportunities
I’d like to share with you why I think Thanksgiving is the most important holiday of the year. There are plenty of other special holidays ...