by Don Freeman | May 14, 2022 | Devotional
‘Context’: the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs: environment, setting. We all live within a context, and we know those conditions and their interrelatedness as they pertain to our daily lives. We don’t consciously think about them. They are...
by Don Freeman | May 12, 2022 | Devotional
Think about this! While we were wasting our lives in sin, God revealed his powerful love to us in a tangible display -the Anointed One died for us.’ That’s how the VOICE translates Romans 5:8. (the MESSAGE says ‘when we were of no use whatever to Him’). So, regardless...
by Don Freeman | May 10, 2022 | Devotional
In this space, in the past, I know I have more than once harangued about the ills, etc. of computer technology and its ‘advances’, but this, today, is a rare gift for all you techie aficionados. I concede that some features found in our hi-tech world are, well,...
by Don Freeman | May 7, 2022 | Devotional
“…you need to be aware that in the final days the culture of society will become extremely fierce. People will be self-centered lovers of themselves and obsessed with money. They will boast of great things as they strut around in their arrogant pride and mock all that...
by Don Freeman | May 5, 2022 | Devotional
Meltdowns. We’ve all (likely) been guilty of foisting one or two of those screaming hissy fits (with alligator tears and foot stompings) on unhappy parents (followed up, if we’re old enough for this, with a corresponding corrective measure or two or three). Barring...
by Don Freeman | May 3, 2022 | Devotional
Are we ‘got to’s or ‘get to’s? That’s today’s burning question. Here are a few possible scenarios (out of thousands!) to help us move closer to determining the answer: 1. We’re ten years old and mom calls us to set the table for dinner....
by Don Freeman | Apr 30, 2022 | Devotional
Wouldn’t it be fascinating to do a Prequel to Jesus’ public ministry, highlighting, especially, the pre-Jesus lives of the twelve guys who would become disciples, then friends, of this one called the Messiah. There have been movies depicting a very other-worldly,...
by Don Freeman | Apr 28, 2022 | Devotional
I guess I‘m a tad word-nerdy. I really get into new words, sometimes making them up myself to fit a given situation (it’s possible you’ve noticed). And I was very recently introduced to new-to-me word, ‘attentional.’ It’s actually in the dictionary (I had to look it...
by Don Freeman | Apr 26, 2022 | Devotional
Barriers can be helpful things: netting against mosquitoes, insulation against the extremes of hot or cold, riprap against shoreline erosion, levees against floods, sunscreen against UV damage, castle moats against foreign invasion etc. We just put new roofing...
by Don Freeman | Apr 23, 2022 | Devotional
There are moments in our lives which change everything: a madly loved ‘friend’ becomes a fiancée/fiancé, the job promotion comes through, the house sells, the perfect house is found, the diploma is inked, the surgery is successful, and on and on and on. For good or...
