Richard uses personal experiences, local events, and national news as a way to bring out spiritual truths in the devotionals included in this book. These devotionals were first published in The Mena Star, the hometown newspaper of Mena, Arkansas. In December 2015, the editor of The Mena Star called Richard and outlined a plan that she had for the newspaper in the new year. She was planning on a weekly column for the religion page written by a local writer instead of using a syndicated column. She asked him if he would be willing to commit to writing a weekly column. He agreed, and the new column, An Arkie's Faith, premiered on January 7, 2016.