by Don Freeman | Jan 4, 2022 | Devotional
In France, there’s a saying that there is a cheese for every day of the year. Sue and I tried many varieties in our time there, but since, like architectural styles, cheeses are regional, being found almost exclusively in the department (or county) where they are...
by Don Freeman | Jan 1, 2022 | Devotional
Did you know that in ancient Israel, a newly married young man was required to take a 365-day honeymoon? During that time, he was not to be sent to war or have any other responsibilities put on him. It was written into the legal code – one full year! The reason...
by Don Freeman | Dec 30, 2021 | Devotional
I invite you to invest a few minutes of your day, basking in the following songs on this Christmas, Day 6: Gather Round, Ye Children Come Away in a Manger Mary giving birth to Jesus was a wholly natural event – painful, long, complicated, messy, exhausting – and yet...
by Don Freeman | Dec 28, 2021 | Devotional
Christmas! It is essentially about gift receiving. Yes, we give gifts out of the overflow of our gratitude, our love, sometimes even out of a sense of obligation, but receiving is more in keeping with the season. This is challenging to those of us in the Western...
by Don Freeman | Dec 24, 2021 | Devotional
Just after midday they had entered Bethlehem, their long-awaited destination. Joseph had settled Mary on a small hill near the north entrance gate and gone in search of now-urgently needed accommodations. He spent the whole afternoon asking, asking, pleading, but...
