by admin | 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 21, 2024 | Devotional
As we follow the journeys of the disciples as they follow Jesus, we realize quickly we are much like them. Like them, we live in physical bodies in a physical world. We know how things operate, how to make our way in the world (more or less), how to interact with...
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...
by Don Freeman | Sep 10, 2024 | Devotional
Unlearn – to recognize a previously held ‘truth’ to be false, or pertaining to a myth or folklore. If one has an older sibling, it may be necessary to unlearn that dragonflies are ‘the devil’s darning needles’ seeking to sew your mouth shut if they land on...
by Don Freeman | Sep 7, 2024 | Devotional
Have you ever had a daydream rudely crashed by a teacher asking you to respond to a question (which obviously you hadn’t heard)? Have you ever struggled to stay awake in a class of no interest to you? Have you ever prayed that not making eye contact with the teacher...