by Don Freeman | Nov 15, 2022 | Devotional
I don’t know if you’ve noticed in you’re reading of the Bible, but God never pretties up the gritty, stark reality in the lives of his people. The scandalous and outrageous and cringeworthy are all in there, sometimes in stronger language and more graphic detail than...
by Don Freeman | Nov 12, 2022 | Devotional
Me: Hey Steve, I have an idea for your next film. Mr. Spielberg: Who is this?Me: You don’t know me, but, as I was saying, I’ve got a fantastic idea! Mr. Spielberg: I’m busy today, but feel free to contact my agent. Goodbye. Me: If I may say...
by Don Freeman | Nov 10, 2022 | Devotional
How fond are you of statistics? For me, after two or three pie charts or percentages, my head starts spinning and the numbers blur. So, just one set for today: ‘How many words are there in the English language?’ According to one source, there are more than a million...
by Don Freeman | Nov 8, 2022 | Devotional
It was just a quippy puzzle in a newspaper, but a voice, familiar and non-judgmental, challenged me to take a closer look at my solved riddle. It read something like this: ‘What do you call people with great power who are too lazy to do anything with it?’ The answer:...
by Don Freeman | Nov 5, 2022 | Devotional
I won’t overly burden you with my current reading, which is a 462-page book on the brain and the importance of interhemispheric information transfer facilitated by the corpus callosum. Plus, you may not have a burning desire to be informed about the brain’s...
by Don Freeman | Nov 3, 2022 | Devotional
As it turns out, Camp Wildwood is aptly named. It was my first retreat at the church-sponsored facility and it was intriguing to be there after all the fun stories I’d heard. The check-in began at 3 PM and allowed plenty of time to find (just a tiny, twenty-minute...