by Don Freeman | Aug 17, 2021 | Devotional
The familiar acronym, RSVP, is French for ‘Répondez s’il vous plaît’ (Please respond). Oddly enough, the French are unaware of our British and American tendency to adapt phrases freely from other languages when it suits our wanting of convenience and simplicity. While...
by Don Freeman | Aug 14, 2021 | Devotional
They present themselves early in life – the big questions: “Will I make it? Do I have what it takes? Will I measure up? Will I qualify? Will I be accepted? Will I be loved?” When a group of kids picks teams to play softball, the shy, less-coordinated kid asks. When...
by Don Freeman | Aug 12, 2021 | Devotional
We’ve all seen it – that little spinning orb announcing one of the ‘joys’ of internet connectivity – buffering. And we’ve watched as the progress bar creeps along from 0:00 to the finish line like a sloth responding to a joke (ie. Flash, in Disney’s ‘Zootopia’)....
by Don Freeman | Aug 10, 2021 | Devotional
Ship christening is a centuries’ old ritual which has seen many forms, many of which had religious overtones. It was in 1890, when the USS Maine became the first American ship to be christened with the smashing of a bottle of champagne on her hull by Alice Tracey...
by Don Freeman | Aug 7, 2021 | Devotional
Two paragons of efficiency and excellence are German engineering and Swiss watchmaking. But far exceeding those rigorous standards, stands the ultimate in design perfection, the human body, lovingly and meticulously crafted by God. Beyond its flawless creation, it is...
by Don Freeman | Aug 5, 2021 | Devotional
Long before fidget-spinners came on the scene to calm the brain activity of the world’s hyperactive population, there were parents repeatedly insisting, in total futility: “Be still!” (it was likely one of those same parents who invited the miracle toy.) For hyper...
by Don Freeman | Aug 3, 2021 | Devotional
It was an exciting announcement. Our pastor and his wife, after twelve years of trying, gave the news from the pulpit one Sunday morning that they were, at last, and after many disappointments, expecting a baby! After the morning service, all the ladies in the church...
by Don Freeman | Jul 31, 2021 | Devotional
a throwback to a bygone era*, when at the full-service gas pumps It could be that I’m the only strange one who has joy-filled recall that is, paradoxically, closely attached to unpleasant odors. If you say the word, ‘lavender,’ my brain instantaneously forages...
by Don Freeman | Jul 29, 2021 | Devotional
It’s summer, and that means butterflies, those amazingly beautiful insects flitting around gardens and flowers and plants everywhere. I’ve read that there are 20,000 species of them. The famous Monarch makes an annual 4,000-mile migration (round trip) to avoid the...
by Don Freeman | Jul 27, 2021 | Devotional
They come in many forms. A poet pens one and calls it an ode. A family composes one following a death and it’s called a eulogy. Friends sometimes lampoon a favorite buddy at a ceremony called a roast. The film industry compiles one as an homage. A nation, on its...
