by Don Freeman | May 28, 2024 | Devotional
On a hot and humid August day, 2011, while working at my part-time job, an accounts person at our office was on the phone with another accounts person about 40 miles away. They both shouted at once, “What was that?” Realizing they were both feeling the same ground...
by Don Freeman | May 25, 2024 | Devotional
Taxiing complete, the pilot announces we’re number one for departure. Full stop. Engines rev up with that familiar rumble/whine, begging for release. Then we slip into gear, moving slowly at first, then faster and faster, whipping past airport outbuildings, all of us...
by Don Freeman | May 23, 2024 | Devotional
A seven-year-old orphan has spent his entire life ‘in the system’ and has been shunted from one foster situation to another. There’s been everything from neglect to abuse to shaming. Then ‘it’ happens – he’s been adopted by a loving family! It’s his first ‘happy’...
by Don Freeman | May 21, 2024 | Devotional
We are Pentecost-accosted, or ‘Pentecosted’ people. This is God’s Plan ‘A.’ The radical Kingdom makeover which was lovingly visited upon the disciples is also our new now. We are called/chosen/invited/anointed/commissioned (choose your preferred verb here) to live out...
by Don Freeman | May 18, 2024 | Devotional
For all the 21st Century ills that impact us, there are far more incredible developments which we enjoy every day. Just think for a moment of the breakthroughs of the 2,000 years preceding our arrival! We refer to them as such, but for the millions of...
by Don Freeman | May 16, 2024 | Devotional
Children wait with great impatient thrill for Christmas Day. Four days ahead, they are feverishly counting down, and fidgeting – just 3 more sleeps, says Mom. Four days ahead of the wedding, the bride- and groom-to-be await that momentous, life-changing ceremony with...
by Don Freeman | May 14, 2024 | Devotional
You’ll need a vivid imagination for this but try to picture the life of Adam and Eve pre-serpent, pre-tree, pre-fruit, pre-catastrophe. No discord, no disagreements, no misunderstandings, only happy, rich, marital bliss, God-style. Take another minute to fully let the...
by Don Freeman | May 11, 2024 | Devotional
Yogi Berra It makes me nervous. Really nervous. There’s a trucking company on the West Coast that has a small fleet of 20 un-manned, electronic-circuit-controlled, 18-wheel rigs. It isn’t just the strange appearance of an empty cab rolling down the highway, it’s also...
by Don Freeman | May 9, 2024 | Devotional
At the heart of every family, unseen by outsiders, there are, um, quirky dynamics. The similarities and distinctives lived out there make for some interesting storytelling. And it must be said that those dwelling there are not likely to notice how unique their story...
by Don Freeman | May 7, 2024 | Devotional
It is a great kindness to us as followers of Jesus, to have Scripture available to us. And not only in our language, but in multiple translations, all attempting to bring out the richness of the text that we might better see God’s love shining through. This abundance...
