by Don Freeman | Dec 26, 2024 | Devotional
Christmas began yesterday, (the first of twelve days leading up to Epiphany on January 6). And did you notice? All but essential services were closed. Parking lots empty, roadways all but vacant. Even the clamoring chaos of the stock exchange – silent. Jesus’...
by Don Freeman | Dec 24, 2024 | Devotional
Christmas Eve. The final 24 hours before Mary’s body was sent into labor to give birth to a startling, reality-confounding truth that would hold from that moment forevermore. Over 2,000 years ago and mankind has still to comprehend that truth, to receive it, to be...
by Don Freeman | Dec 21, 2024 | Devotional
A non-descript night, in a non-descript village, to a non-descript couple, in a non-descript building reserved for farm animals. No midwife, no light, only the shaking, awkward assistance of an overwhelmed fiancé. These were the preparations God had set in place for...
by Don Freeman | Dec 19, 2024 | Devotional
4-year-old Katia came rushing, breathless, into her grandmother’s kitchen pleading urgently for a glass of milk. A tall glass was quickly brought out of the cupboard and the emergency beverage was offered. The little girl eagerly latched onto the glass and began to...
by Don Freeman | Dec 17, 2024 | Devotional
In today’s culture, two different Christmases are being celebrated. One has Jesus at the heart and as the heart of everything. The other consists of a mad and frustrated searching for that ever-elusive ‘heart.’ The first Christmas, sated with its ‘knowing,’...