by Don Freeman | Aug 21, 2021 | Devotional
Did you know that there are 15.9 million water wells in the US? (I looked it up online, so it must be true!) Each well can be between 100’ and 1000’ deep, the average being around 300’. That means we have approximately 900 miles of well casings in the ground around...
by Don Freeman | Aug 19, 2021 | Devotional
Not too long ago, we held a dinner party with two area Vineyard pastors and their families. When the four children had finished eaten their fill (long before the old folks were done, of course!), we produced a goodie bag for each of them. They ran off to explore their...
by Don Freeman | Aug 17, 2021 | Devotional
The familiar acronym, RSVP, is French for ‘Répondez s’il vous plaît’ (Please respond). Oddly enough, the French are unaware of our British and American tendency to adapt phrases freely from other languages when it suits our wanting of convenience and simplicity. While...
by Don Freeman | Aug 14, 2021 | Devotional
They present themselves early in life – the big questions: “Will I make it? Do I have what it takes? Will I measure up? Will I qualify? Will I be accepted? Will I be loved?” When a group of kids picks teams to play softball, the shy, less-coordinated kid asks. When...
by Don Freeman | Aug 12, 2021 | Devotional
We’ve all seen it – that little spinning orb announcing one of the ‘joys’ of internet connectivity – buffering. And we’ve watched as the progress bar creeps along from 0:00 to the finish line like a sloth responding to a joke (ie. Flash, in Disney’s ‘Zootopia’)....
by Don Freeman | Aug 10, 2021 | Devotional
Ship christening is a centuries’ old ritual which has seen many forms, many of which had religious overtones. It was in 1890, when the USS Maine became the first American ship to be christened with the smashing of a bottle of champagne on her hull by Alice Tracey...
