by Don Freeman | Jan 28, 2021 | Devotional
I have a few quirky tendencies – well, okay, quite a few. One of the insignificant ones is that I don’t do fast food. I know, I know, you’re wondering how I manage, and what planet I may be from. And no, it’s not a Canadian thing. But even as I write I’m reminded...
by Don Freeman | Jan 26, 2021 | Devotional
A guy goes into a florist to buy a bouquet of roses. The clerk notices his wedding ring and thinks, ‘These flowers are an apology for something. He’s in the doghouse.’ A wife prepares her husband’s favorite meal, lights some candles and puts on a special dress and he...
by Don Freeman | Jan 23, 2021 | Devotional
“There’s nothing worse than someone else’s good time.” Maybe this was the thinking of the elder brother in Jesus’ story of the Prodigal son and why he was so angry about the feast thrown to celebrate the one who had disgraced the entire family, the one who squandered...
by Don Freeman | Jan 21, 2021 | Devotional
One day, I’m really going to do it. It can’t be that hard. After all, it is a finite set of tales. Plus, I think it would be cool to appreciate the frequent references when hearing them in conversation or in a book I’m reading. They are often fairly brief, inserted to...
by Don Freeman | Jan 19, 2021 | Devotional
How fast can you say the alphabet backwards? I’ll confess that I get no momentum at all with that exercise. It is bizarre on the tongue whereas reciting it the usual way has a satisfying efficiency, a smooth flow, one benefit of rote learning. It reminds me of...
by Don Freeman | Jan 16, 2021 | Devotional
When groups of friends gather (remember those days?) conversation flows in and out in lots and lots of directions, kind of like murmuration, the phenomenon of thousands of starlings swooping and swirling in the sky, creating mesmerizing, beautiful patterns seemingly...
