by Amelia Avila | Aug 14, 2025 | Devotional
In my younger days, I had my share of sports injuries, the most severe being destroying my right knee at the age of fifteen. Future gymnastic prospects ended there, as I had ruptured the ACL, MCL, and torn the meniscus. At the time, knee reconstruction was reserved...
by Don Freeman | Aug 12, 2025 | Devotional
If, in terms of succeeding in being disciples of Jesus in the 21st Century, full provision is in place, if there are clear examples for us to follow, if New Testament Scripture is filled with encouragements, if Old Testament prophecies still speak today, if those...
by Don Freeman | Aug 9, 2025 | Devotional
A European railway tunnel under the Alps is just over 35 miles long. Trains zip through it at approx. 120 mph, completing the journey in about 20 minutes. Emerging in the daytime, to bright sunshine, travelers wince as their assaulted pupils attempt to constrict to...
by Amelia Avila | Aug 7, 2025 | Devotional
During our most recent trip to the mountains of Virginia, we stayed at an Airbnb located in a remodeled boat house, right on the New River. Though there were other homes around, it was one of the most peaceful and quiet places we’d ever stayed at. Horace and I would...
by Don Freeman | Aug 5, 2025 | Devotional
I hope this doesn’t sound mean or judgmental, but something inside me feels like holding a private celebration each time Scriptures point out when the disciples missed the point. It feels so indirectly validating. In a weird way, it gives me hope that I’m not the only...
by Don Freeman | Aug 2, 2025 | Devotional
All of these – mortgage payments, car payments, utility bills, insurance premiums, internet charges, cell phones and their contracts, cable fees, taxes, Credit Card payments – real time evidences we are living in a physical world that demands our timely co-operation...
