by Don Freeman | Oct 17, 2023 | Devotional
There’s a wacky Christmas song with these lyrics: “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. Only a hippopotamus will do . . .” (sorry for that ear worm). This is a child’s wish list. Totally bonkers. Impractical in the extreme. Ruinously expensive. Not to mention...
by Don Freeman | Sep 9, 2023 | Devotional
How many news headlines do we read in a week without really reading them? How many news topics do we hear announced in a week without really hearing them? Or how many headlines from this week can you remember? It’s like entering a room and being introduced to 5 or 6...
by Don Freeman | Aug 26, 2023 | Devotional
A 1955 novel by John Wyndham, titled The Chrysalids, had considerable impact on my thinking as a young reader. It told the tale of a group of young people who were born with the ability to communicate via telepathy. They lived in a strict religious community where...
by Don Freeman | Aug 24, 2023 | Devotional
The small church that was like ‘home’ to me growing up had a concentrated emphasis on God’s Word, and made the goal of every message, to receive Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour (Canadian spelling). I still cherish the fondest memories of many, many times in...
by Don Freeman | Aug 17, 2023 | Devotional
Here’s a reminder of this magnificent passage from Paul’s letter to the church at Rome. The more I read it, the more I see of the brilliant, exuberant joy of God’s plan – all for us. Reading these verses all but silences all ‘woe is me!’ funks. What’s...
