by Don Freeman | Jun 14, 2025 | Devotional
Freedom is sweetest to those who’ve known some type of confinement. All across northern France, for example, countless towns and villages have streets re-named with the date of their liberation by Allied Forces in WWII (i.e. Rue du 22 novembre, Mulhouse, Alsace). Such...
by Don Freeman | Jun 12, 2025 | Devotional
The arrival of God’s Spirit at Pentecost was dramatically announced in wind and flames. The wind is a symbol of the breath of God, His Spirit, or ‘ruach.’ The fire represents God’s presence with His people as they were making their way through the wilderness to the...
by Don Freeman | Jun 10, 2025 | Devotional
When I was around eleven years old, my brothers, six and years older than I, decided they would teach me how to drive. Off we went in my eldest brother’s 1958 Pontiac. When we got far enough out in the countryside, they deemed it time for my first lesson. They...
by Don Freeman | Jun 7, 2025 | Devotional
It would truly be ‘Livin’ the dream,’ or ‘One more day in paradise,’ two phrases so often spoken in response to the question, ‘How are you?’ The ‘it’ I’m referring to is a place of serene soul restfulness during an extended time of waiting for a response or a...
by Don Freeman | Jun 5, 2025 | Devotional
It’s now been seven days since the disciples watched as Jesus abruptly stopped talking, glanced upward as if hearing someone call his name, grinned happily, lifted his hands like a small child wanting to be picked up, and was raised up into the sky, into a cloud, then...
by Don Freeman | Jun 3, 2025 | Devotional
Waiting impacts our precious commodity called time. Nothing makes us more jittery than when we sense its waste. And because we value time on a par with gold bullion, non-productivity can seem the equivalent of a personal bank heist. So, pity help the one who appears...
by Don Freeman | May 31, 2025 | Devotional
An annual phenomenon is happening again all around us. Along with trees flowering and leafing out, flower buds bursting into bloom, bees emerging from their hibernation, mosquitoes gearing up for another bloodthirsty season, schools are closing down for the summer and...
by Don Freeman | May 29, 2025 | Devotional
In many parts of the world today, life is threatening enough to prompt people to create gods for protection and help. Myth surrounds these gods, and they develop unique characteristics, each demanding a form of submission and some type of worship, including...
by Don Freeman | May 27, 2025 | Devotional
It isn’t feasible to live on the knife-edge of thrill and excitement. Oh sure, I know there are adrenaline junkies, and they look and sound like that’s all they live for but even they must need to replenish their drained resources from time to time. On the other end...
by Don Freeman | May 24, 2025 | Devotional
At a recent pastors’ gathering hosted by us, only one pastor (besides myself and Sue) was able to attend. This unusual circumstance became something fascinating. We began by asking him questions and our time together turned into the telling of his story. We learned so...
