by Don Freeman | Jan 23, 2021 | Devotional
“There’s nothing worse than someone else’s good time.” Maybe this was the thinking of the elder brother in Jesus’ story of the Prodigal son and why he was so angry about the feast thrown to celebrate the one who had disgraced the entire family, the one who squandered...
by Don Freeman | Jan 21, 2021 | Devotional
One day, I’m really going to do it. It can’t be that hard. After all, it is a finite set of tales. Plus, I think it would be cool to appreciate the frequent references when hearing them in conversation or in a book I’m reading. They are often fairly brief, inserted to...
by Don Freeman | Jan 19, 2021 | Devotional
How fast can you say the alphabet backwards? I’ll confess that I get no momentum at all with that exercise. It is bizarre on the tongue whereas reciting it the usual way has a satisfying efficiency, a smooth flow, one benefit of rote learning. It reminds me of...
by Don Freeman | Jan 16, 2021 | Devotional
When groups of friends gather (remember those days?) conversation flows in and out in lots and lots of directions, kind of like murmuration, the phenomenon of thousands of starlings swooping and swirling in the sky, creating mesmerizing, beautiful patterns seemingly...
by Don Freeman | Jan 14, 2021 | Devotional
Many would say I have a genetic deficiency and maybe their judgment would be correct. (Not being one to judge, I’ll simply store the collective verdicts for future sermon illustrations.) However, were I to assume the judge & jury role I might consider the...
