by Don Freeman | Mar 14, 2026 | Devotional
Do y’all have dreams of what you’d like to be when you grow up? I do. I’d like to be able to play the cello. I’d like to be able to speak Spanish. I’d like to be an architect. These are all worthwhile accomplishments, but I know there’s more to playing the cello,...
by Amelia Avila | Mar 12, 2026 | Devotional
Recently, my husband and I tore out brambles that had completely taken over our blueberry garden bed. We had allowed them to grow last year, because they do produce a small fruit like a blackberry. However, the sharp thorns on these vines are the type that seemingly...
by Don Freeman | Mar 10, 2026 | Devotional
I’ve begun reading a new-to-me book, Walk Across America, which relates a young man’s quest to ‘find’ himself and his country in a time of nationwide youthful angst and confusion. With just a backpack and his adventure-loving dog, he set out on a journey of...
by Don Freeman | Mar 7, 2026 | Devotional
While I’m not one of them, I’ve heard there are people who map out the trajectory of their lives and then proceed to (try to) make it all happen per the ‘plan.’ For those special individuals, it would be intriguing, years later, to talk with them and find out how that...
by Amelia Avila | Mar 5, 2026 | Devotional
When I was younger, I loved watching elderly couples interact. The longevity of their marriage was often unmistakable in the small ways they mirrored each other… their shared mannerisms, precious expressions, and rhythms. Years later now, my husband and I are that...
by Don Freeman | Mar 3, 2026 | Devotional
We live in dark times where evil’s erosion is ramping up at a terrifying pace. This, from Paul’s second letter to his spiritual son, Timothy, written circa AD 67: ‘ . . . in the final days the culture of society will become extremely fierce.’ (2 Tim....
by Don Freeman | Feb 28, 2026 | Devotional
From my younger years, I have (fading) memories of waking up early in the morning, my stomach muscles knotted in anxiety waiting for that day’s dental appointment to be over with (dentistry has improved immensely, and painlessly, since then, Praise God!) Another...
by Chris Mabey | Feb 26, 2026 | Devotional
My pc’s unseeing eyes mesmerise addictively I miss the point, wordless mouths of virtual gods allure me to the altar,...
by Don Freeman | Feb 24, 2026 | Devotional
In all the days of his public ministry, Jesus’ focus was the Kingdom. Over and over, he used parables and stories to illustrate it and bring its reality into the present. And it wasn’t just some pretty idea floating around out there somewhere, untouchable,...
by Don Freeman | Feb 21, 2026 | Devotional
culture: the customary beliefs and social forms of a group used to interact with one another and transmitted across generations through learning, values, language, and habits. We all grow up in a culture. It’s what we think of as normal, what we’ve always known....
