by Don Freeman | Jul 19, 2022 | Devotional
As a non-DIY guy, it excites me to talk with someone who knows exactly what to do in any given project. When a seemingly straightforward task hits, what for me, is a shut-the-whole-thing-down glitch, and then hearing these wunderkinds ponder their way through...
by Don Freeman | Jul 16, 2022 | Devotional
Our story, recap: The serpent lied. Adam disobeyed. God declared war. Here we are. (The serpent is still lying. Man is still disobeying. God’s war against lies and disobediences still goes on. And we are still here – in the thick of it.) God loved. Second Adam obeyed....
by Don Freeman | Jul 14, 2022 | Devotional
Author, Jill Weber, refers to God, in one of her books, as Jehovah Sneaky. She thinks He is so aware of her skittish tendency to shy away from Divine Encounters that he lies (lovingly, of course!) in wait and delights in ‘ambushing’ her in moments when she’s...
by Don Freeman | Jul 12, 2022 | Devotional
Sighting a whale arching up out of the water just to splash back down. Peering a mile down from the rim of the Grand Canyon to its floor. Attending a baby’s birth. Hushing in the stalactite cathedral stillness of a grotto. Craning to look up above the cloud layer to...
by Don Freeman | Jul 9, 2022 | Devotional
A writing assignment is given to two classrooms of nine-year-olds in two very different locations. It is to describe what is great about where they live, what they do, what they eat, etc. The essays will be sent to schools in foreign countries to educate students...
by Don Freeman | Jul 7, 2022 | Devotional
Of all possible topics to focus on, few are as likely to elicit as wide a range of responses as this: anything death related. On the one hand, there are those who are obsessed with it, wearing jewelry and/or tattoos of skulls, crossbones, skeletons, werewolves,...
by Don Freeman | Jul 5, 2022 | Devotional
In a bygone era, one could receive a paper-and-envelope invitation, delivered by one’s mail carrier, directly into one’s mailbox (seriously, this was a thing). They would be for various occasions: birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, wedding showers, weddings,...
by Don Freeman | Jul 2, 2022 | Devotional
‘rote’ – the use of memory usually with little intelligence; routine or repetition carried out mechanically or unthinkingly; a joyless sense of order. It’s disturbing, to say the least, if our Bible knowledge has been imparted according to the above...
by Don Freeman | Jun 30, 2022 | Devotional
In a Peanuts comic strip, the young temptress, Lucy, leans back on Schroeder’s ‘grand’ piano and says, imperiously, “Beethoven wasn’t so great!” to which Schroeder angrily retorts, “What do you mean, Beethoven wasn’t so great?” Her definitive, argument-ending...
by Don Freeman | Jun 28, 2022 | Devotional
Our Kingdom-adopted, Jesus-redeemed, hearts are straining mightily under the growing burden of the spiritual seisms of our day. It is impossible to completely escape the searing impact of animosity-fueled vitriol rampant in culture. So now, more than ever, I want to...
