Daniel J.A. Smith

Daniel J.A. Smith was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and moved to Kansas City,

Missouri when he was four. He still calls that city home. He graduated from Southwest

Baptist University with a degree in History. He enjoys reading, especially fantasy, and

loves listening to music, watching movies, and playing video games.

Raised in the church all of his life, he has attended both liberal and conservative churches, making

friends across denominational and political lines. As such, he sees the flaws of partisan

fighting that hinder the church and ruin Christian fellowship. He hopes his devotion book will

be a voice of healing, and a reminder for Christians all over to put aside their petty

differences and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ with everyone in the world. For only

then will we be able to remake this world in God’s image, the way it should have been

all along.

Ever since he was a little boy, he has loved reading fairy tales. Not only does he consider them great literature, but he sees them as windows that show the love of God, for the love of God is true love, shown to us fully by Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross. By reading his fairy tale, Daniel hopes his readers will learn what true love looks like and how it is shown to those around us, for that is the only way we can successfully spread the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.