by Don Freeman | May 1, 2025 | Devotional
Sometimes I daydream that, in 2000 years of church history, we should have perfected this thing of being Christians, should have all the essentials buttoned up, no major issues left, all of us living in near perfect unity, the Gospel penetrating the very last areas of...
by Don Freeman | Oct 31, 2024 | Devotional
Just as New Year’s Eve is the evening before New Year’s Day, All Hallows’ Eve is the evening before All Hallows’ Day (or All Saints’ Day) when the Catholic Church, and others, commemorate their vast, and growing, array of Sainted persons. All Saints’ Day is a holy...
by Don Freeman | Oct 26, 2024 | Devotional
We casually flip a light switch, confident there will be electrical current to our light. We seat ourselves on chairs, confident they are sturdy enough to hold us. We breathe easy as elevator doors close, trusting the manufacturer for its safe operation. We board...
by Don Freeman | Oct 1, 2024 | Devotional
‘In this world you will have trouble.’ Jesus. In the West, we ‘hear’ him saying, ‘In this world you will have peace and prosperity.’ Something rises up inside us at the thought of difficulties and hurdles and sicknesses and setbacks. To bolster this thinking,...
by Don Freeman | Sep 14, 2024 | Devotional
It was a green light, and I was going straight through. An oncoming driver, busily adjusting his car radio, turned left into what was currently my space in the intersection. We each careened off one another, me over the curb, headed for a tall hedge which I wanted to...
