by Don Freeman | Feb 27, 2021 | Devotional
In Canada, it was often the basement. Sans basements, it’s often the garage. Or the spare room. Or the closets. Or maybe it’s that convenience icon of the American dream – the famous rented storage unit containing possessions not seen since who knows when, but for...
by Don Freeman | Feb 25, 2021 | Devotional
A well-known Real Estate mantra is: Location! Location! Location! For example, to buy a house in Little Rock, Arkansas, the average per square foot price is $81; in Dallas, Texas, it’s $185; in Venice, California, it’s $1320; in Manhattan, NY, it’s $1800 (for an...
by Don Freeman | Feb 23, 2021 | Devotional
If I’m in a store (do you remember doing that back in the day?) there’s pretty much always background music being piped in to slow you up for a better, more in-depth appreciation of the presented wares and to make you subconsciously happy enough to come back again...
by Don Freeman | Feb 20, 2021 | Devotional
It was a fateful day in the Garden. The catastrophic disruption of the created order unleashed an avalanche of breakage. Discordant clamor arose, drowning out creation’s melody, its harmonies. Animals had to be sacrificed to cover the now-shaming nakedness of...
by Don Freeman | Feb 18, 2021 | Devotional
I can see it now – the headlines in the Garden of Eden Tribune: Serpent Seduction results in Innocence Interrupted. The article reads: “Yesterday, when the sun reached its peak in the cloud-free sky, the birds and the animals reported a change in the air, something...
by Don Freeman | Feb 16, 2021 | Devotional
In the olden days, back when I was a boy, most clothing came in a box: shirts, pants, dresses, shoes, socks, gloves, scarves, unmentionables, etc. Wrapping gifts was a breeze with these precise rectangles. But sometimes, to up the ante on surprise, it was fun to...