by Don Freeman | Jun 8, 2023 | Devotional
“I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect – life in its fullness until you overflow!” JESUS (John 10:10b as translated in the PASSION version) What do y’all think? Are these just pretty words, hackneyed phrases, off-the-cuff, thoughtless...
by Don Freeman | Jun 6, 2023 | Devotional
Across Protestantism, there is a vast range of instructions given to new believers. Some of these ‘inductees’ are told: You must speak in tongues or you are not born again You simply pray a sinner’s prayer and you are set for eternity You must be baptized by immersion...
by Don Freeman | Jun 3, 2023 | Devotional
Very early in our marriage, shortly after our post-honeymoon arrival in France, a friend invited us to go for a walk with him. We eagerly accepted, thinking this would be a good way for Sue to get to know some of the folks I’d met the previous year. On Saturday...
by Don Freeman | Jun 1, 2023 | Devotional
In the era before computers (there really was one!) vacationers traveled with camera cases in which they kept rolls of light-sensitive film. As photo-worthy occasions arose, those cameras were frantically removed from the case and aimed at the desired subject, not...
by Don Freeman | May 30, 2023 | Devotional
It’s the final game of the NHL playoffs, the game is tied in second overtime. Both teams are exhausted but salivating over the possibility of taking home the much-coveted Stanley Cup. Some furious skating, lightning-speed passing of the puck, back and forth, back and...