by Don Freeman | Aug 8, 2023 | Devotional
It was exciting! I’d been accepted in a Master’s Program of Counseling, something I’d long dreamt of doing. So, after graduating with my Bachelor’s Degree, and visiting with friends along the way, I was only slightly jarred by the experience at the border crossing...
by Don Freeman | Aug 5, 2023 | Devotional
If ever our souls were fully awakened to the vastness of our Jesus inheritance, they would most certainly beg for a respite, a halt to the sheer volume of pure excellence streaming in, washing over them. Like a child at his birthday party, in the excitement of the...
by Don Freeman | Aug 3, 2023 | Devotional
What would you be expecting from a conference whose theme is: Making All Things New? Well, if you’re anything like me, you would have grossly underestimated what had been prepared for the attendees. Sure, the worship times are blow-the-roof-off fantastic. Sure, the...
by Don Freeman | Aug 1, 2023 | Devotional
This week is National Vineyard Conference week, this year in the beautiful mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. Black Mountain, to be specific. At Ridgecrest Conference Center to be even more specific. Sunday evening began for pastors with an evening...
by Don Freeman | Jul 29, 2023 | Devotional
A scenario: Through a glaring error in calculation, you’ve just cost the company you work for, a multi-million-dollar contract. Arriving at your office a couple days later, you are, unsurprisingly, summoned to a meeting. Not your supervisor’s office, but upstairs to...
by Don Freeman | Jul 27, 2023 | Devotional
The New Testament is all about Jesus and everything within its twenty-seven books was, in one way or another, shocking, leaving hearers either incredulous, furious, confused, or elated. The religious ‘status quo’ was brusquely upended. The Roman authorities were...