by Don Freeman | Feb 24, 2022 | Devotional
So many stories to be told about children’s bedtime routines! The hyper, “I’m not sleepy!” The conk out artist, sound asleep on the way up the stairs, head on one tread, bottom in the air. The FOMO (short for ‘fear of missing out’) toddler, screaming for just a bit...
by Don Freeman | Feb 22, 2022 | Devotional
One day I’m driving along and notice the promise of new things to come. There’s a SOLD sign on the treed parcel of land that’s been for sale for a long time. A thrill of expectation hits me and I instantly begin dreaming of what is about to happen. Something new....
by Don Freeman | Feb 19, 2022 | Devotional
‘I haven’t the foggiest idea.’ ‘Don’t ask me!’ ‘It’s all Greek to me!’ ‘I’m clueless!’ Have you ever spoken these words, or similar, when confronted with a question beyond your legitimate paygrade? I’m sometimes threatened with a sudden embarrassment at having no...
by Don Freeman | Feb 17, 2022 | Devotional
Below is a fairly well-known, 95-year-old poem by Max Ehrmann, a lawyer/poet from Terre Haute, Indiana. I invite you to read it, perhaps aloud, with a critical ear. Notice which lines square with Scripture, if any, and which lines digress from the Truth, if any....
by Don Freeman | Feb 15, 2022 | Devotional
Disclaimer: I am not the planner in our household. I do not have a file folder with a series of five-year plans which I’ve plotted out over the years. If I had one folder so entitled, it would be empty. I am mostly the spontaneous, put-it-together-at-the-last-moment,...
by Don Freeman | Feb 12, 2022 | Devotional
A few sunny days ago, my typically leisurely homeward-bound commute was extended by a traffic slowdown on the highway. As all three lanes slowed to about 20 mph, then to stop-and-go, it became evident that there had been an accident. Rather than get impatient with...
by Don Freeman | Feb 10, 2022 | Devotional
Still lingering in my mind’s eye are the dozen or more wildly exotic cactus varieties that I wandered among on the campus of the retreat center last week while in Arizona. Coming from the wet and humid East Coast, these plants populating the sandy earth looked to me...
by Don Freeman | Feb 8, 2022 | Devotional
“I’d look on the bright side … if I could find it.” Eeyore, in Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne Bad news. No news. Cold, blustery, rainy, dreary days. Headaches. Toothaches. Back aches. Old age. Cold coffee. Stale toast. Spam emails. Hangnails. What gets you down? What...
by Don Freeman | Feb 5, 2022 | Devotional
Let the overflow of your grace-giftings splatter onto those nearest your hearts, those on the fringes of your hearts, as well as on those currently not at all on your hearts. Be liberal in sharing this new thing your lives have become, are becoming. Openly express...
by Chris Mabey | Feb 3, 2022 | Devotional
As he was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!’ ‘Do you see these great buildings’, replied Jesus, ‘Not one stone here we be left on another, everyone will be thrown down.’ (Mark...
