by Don Freeman | Feb 17, 2026 | Devotional
As a teenager, my local radio station had me convinced of an important show coming up on New Year’s Eve. It was a marathon show featuring the Top 100 hits of the year, starting with #100 and listening all the way up to #1. I was hooked! I can’t remember when that...
by Don Freeman | Feb 14, 2026 | Devotional
Early in the 17th Century, the word ‘outlier’ was coined to describe a stone left over in a quarry after a building project. And like many terms, it has morphed in usage to now describe someone who thinks and acts differently from the mainstream, a person who...
by Chris Mabey | Feb 12, 2026 | Devotional
(based on Psalm 19) Show me your God, I asked.Open your fingers, he replied, and letthe rich soil crumble,the cascading seas tumble,the meandering breeze fumblethrough them,and you are feelingthe texture of God’s handiwork.Open your ears and letthe sounds of the day...
by Don Freeman | Feb 10, 2026 | Devotional
Last year, at a neighbor’s Retirement Party, her former boss, now herself retired for over ten years, drove several hours to participate in the Open Mic time, saying she (the retiree) had been such an outstanding employee, that it would have been unthinkable to miss...
by Don Freeman | Feb 7, 2026 | Devotional
Driving in foreign countries is a real eye-opener. In the Scottish Highlands, a highway road sign says: Watch for vehicles in the middle of the road. The turns are not engineered for ease of executing at highway speeds as they are in the US, so it’s permitted to make...
by Chris Mabey | Feb 5, 2026 | Devotional
There is no heartache without a home, no decision without a door; no destiny without discipline, no worship without awe. There is no courtyard without secrets, no window without a view, no smoke without fire of a story that is not true. There is no reward without...
by Don Freeman | Feb 3, 2026 | Devotional
Heraclitus (500 BC) is commonly accepted as the speaker of the aphorism ‘The only constant in life is change.’ I didn’t know him personally, but he was pretty spot-on, in my humble opinion. Most notable among changes, are the unpleasant, annoying kind and close to the...
by Don Freeman | Jan 31, 2026 | Devotional
Early on in our marriage, Sue and I were visiting her parents. On one occasion, her father gave me a man’s tour of the kitchen, explaining that at their house, family was on their own for breakfast. So, cereal was to be found on the lazy Susan (?). Bread was in...
by Don Freeman | Jan 29, 2026 | Devotional
It’s the feeling you get when ‘it’ is over. You know, that college thesis, military boot camp, that restrictive diet, that house move, the big dentist appointment, etc. Anxiety floats away. Suddenly, we feel alive again, the sun is shining brighter, the grass is...
by Don Freeman | Jan 27, 2026 | Devotional
Julius Caesar Dithers was introduced to the public via the Blondie comic strip in 1933. He was the tyrannical boss of Dagwood, and owner of the construction company, D.C. Dithers. He was constantly berating his employees, and notably Dagwood, for being late, for...
