by Don Freeman | Aug 9, 2025 | Devotional
A European railway tunnel under the Alps is just over 35 miles long. Trains zip through it at approx. 120 mph, completing the journey in about 20 minutes. Emerging in the daytime, to bright sunshine, travelers wince as their assaulted pupils attempt to constrict to...
by Amelia Avila | Aug 7, 2025 | Devotional
During our most recent trip to the mountains of Virginia, we stayed at an Airbnb located in a remodeled boat house, right on the New River. Though there were other homes around, it was one of the most peaceful and quiet places we’d ever stayed at. Horace and I would...
by Don Freeman | Aug 5, 2025 | Devotional
I hope this doesn’t sound mean or judgmental, but something inside me feels like holding a private celebration each time Scriptures point out when the disciples missed the point. It feels so indirectly validating. In a weird way, it gives me hope that I’m not the only...
by Don Freeman | Aug 2, 2025 | Devotional
All of these – mortgage payments, car payments, utility bills, insurance premiums, internet charges, cell phones and their contracts, cable fees, taxes, Credit Card payments – real time evidences we are living in a physical world that demands our timely co-operation...
by Don Freeman | Jul 31, 2025 | Devotional
In a quiet moment, if someone were to ask me what I was thinking about, I’d be apt to say ‘nothing.’ What I’d mean, of course, is nothing that I’m conscious of. Imagine if it were possible (and given our tech-savvy world, it may one day be) to be given a 50-page...
by Don Freeman | Jul 29, 2025 | Devotional
Parents, when they have a new baby, intend to provide for their child to the best of their ability because they’ve given that child the gift of life. When students enroll in university, they are giving themselves the gift of an educated life. When a man and woman...
by Don Freeman | Jul 26, 2025 | Devotional
“How was your trip?” This question, asked casually in passing, is next to impossible for me to answer. I typically go blank, not knowing how or where to start. Is there one word that sums up everything? Is there time to go into detail? Should I commit five hundred...
by Amelia Avila | Jul 24, 2025 | Devotional
Horace and I were watching the second session of the Vineyard conference being held in Cincinnati last week, when near the end of the session, they introduced Pastor Miguel Aviles. During his talk, Pastor Aviles shared about a broken relationship he and his wife...
by Don Freeman | Jul 22, 2025 | Devotional
Promises! How reassuring! How exciting! How intriguing! A promise between a man and a woman at a church altar can be heart melting, tears producing, joy inspiring. The promise of a certain birthday gift or Christmas gift or graduation gift can be powerfully...
by Don Freeman | Jul 19, 2025 | Devotional
I think we’ve missed the point. In days of yore, parents would bring their newborns home from the hospital – in pink for girls, in blue for boys. They had to look the part. In school, whatever was the latest trend in clothing, in accessories, in hair styles, that was...
