by Don Freeman | Oct 5, 2024 | Devotional
Famous quotes intrigue me! If they’ve survived the test of time it’s likely because, in just a few words, they are able to convey a whole essay of meaning. For example, just the other day I saw this: ‘Jealousy is counting someone else’s blessings.’ They’re like that....
by Don Freeman | Oct 3, 2024 | Devotional
I have a problem (I know, that opens the door to a variety of comments. I can hear them now). But really. When someone says, ‘Quick! What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear _____? I don’t get a word, I get an unfolding scenario which leads me to...
by Don Freeman | Sep 28, 2024 | Devotional
When movie and music celebrities, sports icons, politicians, scientists, etc., sit down to write the stories of their lives, their autobiographies, they prepare themselves to put into writing, the events of their lives which have shaped them. Many take time for this...
by Don Freeman | Sep 26, 2024 | Devotional
In a pamphlet titled, ‘American Crisis,’ written in 1776, Thomas Paine wrote: ‘These are the days that try men’s souls . . .’ Today, in England, France, as well as the US, these words reflect the mood of close to 500 million people. Serious consequences hang in the...
by Don Freeman | Sep 24, 2024 | Devotional
Bread, growing up in my family, was strictly a homemade thing (I never had ‘boughten’ bread until I was a teenager, and I was, um, unimpressed, shall we say). I watched my mother knead that large lump of dough, on average, twice a week. Once, at around six years old,...