by Don Freeman | Nov 16, 2021 | Devotional
How many symbols will you see, without seeing them, today? It’s a natural phenomenon, when on familiar territory, to establish one’s destination, then just go there, oblivious to all the things passed along the way (ie. because fast food joints are not on my radar, if...
by Don Freeman | Nov 13, 2021 | Devotional
When a musician’s performance is flawless, when an athlete’s competing is without error, when a potter throws the perfect pot, when an orator delivers the consummate, stirring speech, the ease, the simplicity, the aplomb, all elicit oohs and aahs from onlookers. But...
by Don Freeman | Nov 11, 2021 | Devotional
Have you ever been in a conversation about current events, where someone cited a verses or passage from the Bible which seemed as though they could be today’s Breaking News? As though they were not millennia old? As though nothing had changed since they were...
by Don Freeman | Nov 9, 2021 | Devotional
Two weeks ago, before tearing ourselves away from the warm embrace of precious fellowship with saintly friends in Topeka, Kansas, we sat down to our final, sublimely decadent, homemade breakfast: bacon and pannenkoeken (topped with blueberries, strawberry preserves...
by Don Freeman | Nov 6, 2021 | Devotional
It’s called the obliquity of the ecliptic and it’s 23.5 degrees. You most likely already knew that, but just in case you, like me, had never before heard that term, it’s the fancy name of the tilt of the earth away from the sun. (try saying it out loud – and fast....
by Don Freeman | Nov 4, 2021 | Devotional
Yesterday morning at the gym, while doing some warm-up stretches, I was the casual observer of three young 30-something guys setting up their morning workout circuit – 4 rounds of: 45 seconds of jump rope, 45 seconds of planks, 45 seconds of jump-squats and 45 seconds...
