by Don Freeman | Jun 17, 2026 | Devotional
Do you have a cellphone? Well, not just a phone, but a smartphone? Do you know how smart that thing is? Do you know all the incredible capabilities it has? The one I have is several years old, a dinosaur in the techie world. And then there’s me. Not a tech-savvy bone...
by Don Freeman | Jun 13, 2026 | Devotional
There’s a daily phenomenon that occurs when I leave the office for home and dinner. As the car leaves the parking lot, hunger pangs, suddenly, out of the blue, begin their insistent panging. They whine their longing to be fed. It’s ridiculous! Seconds before, I...
by Don Freeman | Jun 11, 2026 | Devotional
As a 2000-year-old institution, the Church is far from ready to be mothballed. On the contrary, she is alive and well and expanding. In the intervening years, there have been periods of great growth followed by lackluster times. There have been times when the...
by Don Freeman | Jun 9, 2026 | Devotional
I think there’s a truth the enemy of our souls dreads us ‘seeing.’ He’s OK with us formally ‘believing’ or ‘getting’ it, but He shudders in panic at the thought of us pulling back the curtain to truly ‘see,’ to truly put a stake in the ground and begin living out the...
by Don Freeman | Jun 6, 2026 | Devotional
The cow path leading to the pasture on my grandmother’s farm was electrified with a pulsed current. As kids we were warned about it, but of course, nothing doing but we dare each other to grab the wire. It was unpleasant, like hitting your funny bone, but not...
by Don Freeman | Jun 4, 2026 | Devotional
Years ago, while living in Canada, my quiet Saturday morning was interrupted by a short, but disturbing jolt/boom. I remember looking around for the source but found none. I was certain I had heard and felt something. Then I realized I had, just a bit earlier, built a...
by Don Freeman | Jun 2, 2026 | Devotional
Jesus spoke wild things over his eleven startled guys: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere, in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Jerusalem,...
by Don Freeman | May 30, 2026 | Devotional
Have you ever wondered how many people have prayed for you in your lifetime? Aside from a few obvious individuals, like parents or grandparents, the number gets blurry with all the possibilities. And the majority likely are unknown, people you’ve just casually met,...
by Amelia Avila | May 28, 2026 | Devotional
There’s an interesting little story in Genesis 9 about Noah and his sons. They had recently left the ark and were establishing their homestead. One evening, Noah was enjoying wine he had made from the vineyard he planted. After drinking excessively, he passed out in...
by Don Freeman | May 26, 2026 | Devotional
Not only are there many cultures around the world, that word, culture, scales right down to each nuclear family. The culture of our own family is what exists, something we take for granted, what’s normal and takes no effort. I encountered that as a child, with the...
