by Don Freeman | Aug 23, 2025 | Devotional
In 1967, Louis Armstrong wrote a song, ‘What a Wonderful World.’ It brimmed with a child’s optimism and celebrated simple things. It was sung in iconic Armstrong style. And it’s true. There’s much to love in this world. Everybody has a list of their many loves. My...
by Amelia Avila | Aug 21, 2025 | Devotional
For several years now, it’s been my responsibility to edit and upload the sermons each week to our church website. Over time, the most curious thing is that I have developed the ability to recognize in the raw sound data, without hearing it, when Don is speaking and...
by Don Freeman | Aug 19, 2025 | Devotional
It’s one of those statements that stick, even after all these years: I was 21 and had just taken my driver’s test (it’s a complicated story and I’ve long since forgiven my brothers, may they rest in peace). I pulled back into the parking lot of the testing center, put...
by Don Freeman | Aug 16, 2025 | Devotional
Imagine a 19-year-old, bedridden and in the hospital, desperately in need of a heart transplant. News comes in of a donor heart, a perfect match. After successful surgery and several anxious months, it appears there will be no rejection. Then, months of grueling...
by Amelia Avila | Aug 14, 2025 | Devotional
In my younger days, I had my share of sports injuries, the most severe being destroying my right knee at the age of fifteen. Future gymnastic prospects ended there, as I had ruptured the ACL, MCL, and torn the meniscus. At the time, knee reconstruction was reserved...
by Don Freeman | Aug 12, 2025 | Devotional
If, in terms of succeeding in being disciples of Jesus in the 21st Century, full provision is in place, if there are clear examples for us to follow, if New Testament Scripture is filled with encouragements, if Old Testament prophecies still speak today, if those...
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...
