by Don Freeman | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog
Our anniversary was approaching and all we knew was that we were to be ready and dressed up by 7:30 PM. More details would follow. The scheme was cooked up by friends at the school in France where we were installed as missionaries. We weren’t sure what to think about...
by Don Freeman | Dec 11, 2021 | Blog
I wonder if there’s a way to measure anxiety during circumstances where the only available ‘activity’ is waiting. Would it be measured in BTU’s, watts, ergs, calories . . .? You know, in the OR waiting room as a loved one undergoes a delicate, hours-long surgical...
by Don Freeman | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog
Two concurrent, contrasting themes run the length of Scripture: God’s power and purity and persistence and perfect planning, right alongside mankind’s jealousy and murder and warfare and sexual improprieties and rival kingdom building and ego flaunting. Then there’s...
by Don Freeman | Dec 7, 2021 | Blog
On this brilliantly sunshiny Tuesday, life is good, and simple, and easy, right? OK, awesome/brilliant. Since we’re fresh from a good night’s sleep, and we’ve already had an intake of our favorite caffeine source (at our house the coffee’s on a timer so it’s ready by...
by Don Freeman | Dec 4, 2021 | Blog
It’s what’s after the big move, with the boxing and planning and repairing and cleaning and shuffling and decluttering and staging and coping with an ever-emptying house and ever-disappearing essentials (but once that box is taped shut, ain’t nobody opening it). It’s...
