by Don Freeman | Apr 29, 2025 | Devotional
Have you ever had a non-family member you looked up to, respected, whose friendship stood out from all the rest? Is there a moment you can recall when that person spoke to you with words of strongest affirmation (not flattery because that wasn’t who they were), words...
by Don Freeman | Apr 26, 2025 | Devotional
It’s a well-known saying with multiple variations. i.e. You can take the boy out of [the farm] but you can’t take [the farm] out of the boy. The familiar is etched into his DNA. So, he may begin to dress like a businessman, squelch his drawl to sound more citified,...
by Don Freeman | Apr 24, 2025 | Devotional
I’m no doctor and am known to be a tad squeamish about all things medical, but I can’t help wondering what bodily systems were activated inside the disciples last week. They stood by as Jesus was betrayed – by one of their very own! They helplessly watched as...
by Don Freeman | Apr 22, 2025 | Devotional
Since Adam’s fall, God’s Plan ‘A’ has been in progress, building, directing, speaking, punishing where necessary, speaking more. To His children, His work has looked like the inside of a tapestry cushion, an intertangled mess of various threads and knots in myriad...
by Don Freeman | Apr 19, 2025 | Devotional
Today is Holy Saturday, the final day of Lent, and the eve of the greatest gift humanity has ever received. But for Jesus’ disciples, it was a crushing time of defeat and sorrow. They couldn’t see that this was the day before all days, the day before their broken...
by Don Freeman | Apr 17, 2025 | Devotional
We’ve all gone to a meeting that was required or at least strongly encouraged. Maybe it was informative, maybe it was boring beyond all human tolerance. Similarly, we’ve, most of us, attended social functions which were enjoyable or, at times, GMO’s (ghastly moral...
