by Don Freeman | Jun 21, 2022 | Devotional
I find that the rate of upgrades and updates of new generations of technology and the absorption of same is in inverse proportion to one’s age. A friend’s new vehicle has a centrally located touch screen which controls everything from the heat and AC to the radio, the...
by Don Freeman | Jun 18, 2022 | Devotional
The Bible has one single, one-word theme, a clear vision, one central plot, one overarching motivation: Love! The entire text is the enduring tale of God’s passionate, jealous, all-forgiving, love for His creation, His people. From Eden’s Garden in Genesis, through...
by Don Freeman | Jun 16, 2022 | Devotional
A college athlete goes pro, landing a multi-million-dollar, multiple-year signing deal. An office temp worker buys a $1 lottery ticket and wins $10,000,000.00. An out-of-work tradesperson is notified of being named sole heir of a distant uncle’s sizable estate. A TV...
by Don Freeman | Jun 14, 2022 | Devotional
Six weeks after moving to a new city, I landed a job as a delivery driver with a dry-cleaning company. The first two days blurred with names and places and procedures, plus times and timing and details beyond number. It was adequate training with questions asked and...
by Don Freeman | Jun 11, 2022 | Devotional
Growing up in Eastern Canada, a Sunday afternoon tradition was a ‘drive’ with my parents, sister, grandmother, and aunt. It consisted of a series of random roadways, rarely with a predetermined destination (excepting the most fervent, if unspoken, wishes of myself and...
by Don Freeman | Jun 9, 2022 | Devotional
Dead batteries range from being small inconveniences to major, expensive hassles. If it’s a watch, well, a quick trip to a store and it’s done. If it’s a string of Christmas lights, ditto. If it’s a computer, you just charge it up again. But, if it’s your car battery...
by Don Freeman | Jun 7, 2022 | Devotional
A chef looks at a kitchen worktop strewn with steaks, vegetables, seasonings, oil, salad fixin’s, pots, pans, serving dishes and ‘sees’ delectable, exquisitely plated entrées. A baker looks at a bowl of flour, a dish of yeast, water, butter, milk, and salt and...
by Don Freeman | Jun 4, 2022 | Devotional
Wouldn’t it be fascinating to hear railroad-track stones talk about what it’s like when a freight train passes overhead? Not just the loudness of the horn, but the roaring of the engine, the high-pitched screeching of the wheels on the rails, the quaking of the earth...
by Don Freeman | Jun 2, 2022 | Devotional
(still more, as I see it) It’s now been a whole week! A week of extreme ideas, extreme waiting, extreme excitement, extreme lows and extreme highs: in short, exhausting on many fronts. There’s even extreme effort in keeping anxious thoughts at bay, in keeping a watch...
by Don Freeman | May 31, 2022 | Devotional
(more, as I see it) The disciples are now six days into the uncharted waters of this new season, this unsettling stretch with its waiting and wondering and hoping and praying. Words are gaining greater significance than ever before – specifically the words Jesus spoke...
