by Don Freeman | Jan 9, 2021 | Devotional
A cartoon by Gary Larson of ‘The Far Side’ fame: Two mosquitos have landed on the arm of their victim. One is so busy at the ‘filling station’ she doesn’t notice that she’s totally bloated, eyes bulging, and actually hovering while still stuck in! Her panicked friend...
by Don Freeman | Jan 7, 2021 | Devotional
The note inside the Christmas card read: “We’re glad to have 2020 in the rearview mirror.” We smile at the sentiment chock-full of wit and sarcasm, more humorous for its understatement. The less funny side is that it nearly begs us (okay, begs me) to launch into a...
by Don Freeman | Jan 5, 2021 | Devotional
It’s maybe an insignificant thing, but have you ever noticed how it’s enough to send thoughts and memories and ideas spooling off like cotton candy onto a paper cone, one leading to another, not necessarily related, not necessarily even congruent with those preceding?...
by Don Freeman | Jan 2, 2021 | Devotional
I love dictionaries! In grade school, we had a dark wooden lectern at the front of our classrooms with an enormously thick tome laying open; an invitation to the curious to come up to be educated. One teacher, her name, Mrs. Hazel Carnahan, was thrilled when one of...
by Don Freeman | Jan 2, 2021 | Devotional
‘Be careful what you ask for!’ How many times have you heard that warning? There are, I am sure, times in all our lives when we’ve paid the price for want of caution. But I am proposing a re-write for the New Year, a variation on the theme: ‘Be daring in what you ask...
