by Don Freeman | Nov 27, 2021 | Devotional
What a year! So frightening! So confusing! So many questions! And the negativity! And the wild rumors! And the vicious accusations! Families and community divided. Life completely turned sideways by all these unexpected and unwelcome developments. And now, this late...
by Don Freeman | Nov 23, 2021 | Devotional
Some are hilarious. Some are full of pathos and drama. Some are downright scary. Still others are heartwarming and sweet. “I remember one time . . .” is how many of the tellings of our life stories get started, with those around us typically chiming in with tales...
by Don Freeman | Nov 20, 2021 | Devotional
A US Thanksgiving. A tradition. An annual ritual. A trip across the miles to gather again. An occasion for hugs and reunion and tears and laughter and shared memories. This tradition is a wondrous thing but, sadly, for more than a few, it is a ghastly moral obligation...
by Don Freeman | Nov 18, 2021 | Devotional
In a recent ‘Family Circus’ comic strip (yes, another comic strip!) Mommy asks young Billy to go ask his dad to come help her with some boxes in the attic. Billy dutifully heads off, briefly looking through every room of the house, out the back door, then a quick tree...
by Don Freeman | Nov 16, 2021 | Devotional
How many symbols will you see, without seeing them, today? It’s a natural phenomenon, when on familiar territory, to establish one’s destination, then just go there, oblivious to all the things passed along the way (ie. because fast food joints are not on my radar, if...
