Peter Smith, Author at Farmville

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 ... Read more

by Peter Smith, Friday, March 17, 2023 4:55 pm

Sowing Seeds

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 ... Read more

by Peter Smith, Friday, February 10, 2023 1:55 am

Columns

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

by Peter Smith, Monday, September 26, 2022 9:52 am

Columns

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 ... Read more

by Peter Smith, Thursday, August 18, 2022 2:30 pm

Columns

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, ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

by Peter Smith, Sunday, June 12, 2022 10:00 am

Columns

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

by Peter Smith, Friday, April 15, 2022 4:51 pm

Columns

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 ... Read more

by Peter Smith, Friday, March 18, 2022 10:03 am

Columns

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

by Peter Smith, Wednesday, November 24, 2021 6:00 am