by Don Freeman | Mar 1, 2025 | Devotional
As a young adult, it never once occurred to me that I was not in complete control of my life, my decisions, the details of my every day. Equally, I’m sure, it never once occurred to God that I would think I was! It’s pathetic, but a reality nonetheless, the number of...
by Don Freeman | Feb 27, 2025 | Devotional
“What did I do to deserve this?” This question could be a whining complaint about the ills which have befallen someone. Or, equally, it could be the Apostle Paul’s bewilderment at finding himself blessed, protected, provided for, included, etc., in God’s plan of...
by Don Freeman | Feb 25, 2025 | Devotional
We might call them Johnny-on-the-spot or say that they always give 150% to a task. We might say they can be always be counted on, always the first to show up and the last to leave, if they say they’ll do something, you can be sure it will get done and done well. If...
by Don Freeman | Feb 22, 2025 | Devotional
It was an overflow dining room with high ceilings, concrete floors, large windows and the brightest of acoustics. Designed for senior citizens, many of them in wheelchairs, the space suited perfectly. But our school had obtained permission to use it as a lunchroom for...
by Don Freeman | Feb 20, 2025 | Devotional
A 19th Century hymn contains these lyrics: “O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to the Lord in prayer.” (What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Jospeh Scriven, 1819-1886). Hmm. I guess not a whole...
by Don Freeman | Feb 18, 2025 | Devotional
Our world is one where the word ‘dystopia’ (an imaginary society with great suffering and injustice and hopelessness under a totalitarian regime marked by harshness) and its corresponding adjective, ‘dystopian’ are in vogue. It’s very chic to use either of them in...
