by Don Freeman | Jul 8, 2023 | Devotional
Your mindset, on arriving in a foreign country for a two- or three-week vacation, is lighthearted, happy, expectant of adventures. Your brush with the culture will just skim the top, with a few awkward, tourist-type gaffes. If you attempt the language, it is...
by Don Freeman | Jun 24, 2023 | Devotional
Say I want to build a house (I don’t, Sue. Just sayin.’) I find a lot to build on. Then, an architect to make sense of my sketched (sketchy?) design. Then, a builder has to be brought on board who, in turn, gets a bunch of permits, schedules inspections along the way...
by Don Freeman | Jun 10, 2023 | Devotional
I expect, several months after Jesus returned to his Father, that the disciples would have gathered to share an evening meal and one of them probably would have blurted out his latest revelation: “We are Pentecost people!” After a few seconds to absorb this word,...
by Don Freeman | May 25, 2023 | Devotional
“The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see.” Hebrews 11:1 The MESSAGE “Now faith brings our hopes into reality...
by Don Freeman | May 18, 2023 | Devotional
There are some life passages that mark some people more than others. I remember graduating from High School, and the shivery sense of liberation at having completed my mandatory education. It lasted the whole day! The next day reality set in. I wanted to go to college...
