by Amelia Avila | Jul 24, 2025 | Devotional
Horace and I were watching the second session of the Vineyard conference being held in Cincinnati last week, when near the end of the session, they introduced Pastor Miguel Aviles. During his talk, Pastor Aviles shared about a broken relationship he and his wife...
by Don Freeman | Apr 29, 2025 | Devotional
Have you ever had a non-family member you looked up to, respected, whose friendship stood out from all the rest? Is there a moment you can recall when that person spoke to you with words of strongest affirmation (not flattery because that wasn’t who they were), words...
by Don Freeman | Feb 13, 2025 | Devotional
A college student with the goal of becoming a neurosurgeon enters her studies knowing that much study and reading and personal sacrifice are ahead. She signs up for classes, thereby consenting to the sleepless nights, the long years of internship, the financial...
by Don Freeman | Jan 7, 2025 | Devotional
If I could suggest, instead of becoming the brunt of that tired joke about broken New Year’s resolutions, why not skip that in favor of a new awareness, a new or broader awareness of the immensity of our agency in Jesus? Our agency is described saying: ‘I have the...
by Don Freeman | Dec 24, 2024 | Devotional
Christmas Eve. The final 24 hours before Mary’s body was sent into labor to give birth to a startling, reality-confounding truth that would hold from that moment forevermore. Over 2,000 years ago and mankind has still to comprehend that truth, to receive it, to be...