by Don Freeman | Nov 29, 2025 | Devotional
There’s a lot of unusual activity around the house. Whispered conversations. Extra shopping excursions. New music seems to be playing all day long. Then, the appearance of a big tree in the corner of the living room where the blue chair used to be. Delicious smells...
by Deanna Vandebrake | Nov 27, 2025 | Devotional
“Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.” Psalm 84:10 I love the visual of what the Lord is trying to communicate to us. We might picture birds with their heads tilted back opening as wide as their little beaks can stretch, chirping wildly. But I picture...
by Don Freeman | Nov 25, 2025 | Devotional
All those who run marathons, climb mountains, and/or compete in rigorous sports events like the Olympics, or even Ironman, have something in common: a desire to do everything necessary for the sheer pleasure of giving it their best shot. Of course, winning is the...
by Don Freeman | Nov 22, 2025 | Devotional
We are advertisement-besieged! Advertising for beauty and self-care products to vacation-of-a-lifetime cruises and everything in between. These promotional materials can appear on TV, radio, bumper stickers, highway billboards, those blown-in cards that fall,...
by Deanna Vandebrake | Nov 20, 2025 | Devotional
By Psalm 44 We were dead to begin with, dead as a doornail (Ephesians 2:1). In life he was our business partner, Jacob (deceiver, aka our old nature). The firm he built, Guilty &Guilty, forged the chains that bound us. We will...
by Don Freeman | Nov 18, 2025 | Devotional
It’s familiar territory for us to read about Jesus travelling around, speaking of the Kingdom being present, healing every sickness and delivering people from demonic activity. Of course. We know that. Today, we might hear of thousands coming to Jesus and being...
by Don Freeman | Nov 15, 2025 | Devotional
Nearly every day we hear of another buyout, one company purchasing another. For clients and patrons, the change may be minimal, but for the employees working there, the changes can be drastic. An entire staff can be let go and replaced with the new owner’s people. In...
by Deanna Vandebrake | Nov 13, 2025 | Devotional
Four simple words repeated three times that have such restorative power. Words that brought Peter and us deeper with each moment of inquiry. Words of wonder, reality, and glorious invitation. We know the story, Jesus asks this question three...
by Don Freeman | Nov 11, 2025 | Devotional
In the Vineyard, our confession is that the Kingdom has broken through upon the earth in Jesus and has begun establishing ‘territory’ in the hearts of believers in Jesus. We also believe that there’s a fuller ‘dimension’ of Kingdom presence yet to come. We express it...
by Don Freeman | Nov 8, 2025 | Devotional
Once upon a time, not that long ago, where people were born, they lived their whole lives and were buried in the local cemetery. They knew the four seasons particular to their area and took them for granted. But, today, it is not uncommon for folks to live their adult...
