by Chris Mabey | Feb 5, 2026 | Devotional
There is no heartache without a home, no decision without a door; no destiny without discipline, no worship without awe. There is no courtyard without secrets, no window without a view, no smoke without fire of a story that is not true. There is no reward without...
by Don Freeman | Jan 29, 2026 | Devotional
It’s the feeling you get when ‘it’ is over. You know, that college thesis, military boot camp, that restrictive diet, that house move, the big dentist appointment, etc. Anxiety floats away. Suddenly, we feel alive again, the sun is shining brighter, the grass is...
by Don Freeman | Jun 21, 2025 | Devotional
A high school teacher arrives at a new school for the first day of classes. He preps his classroom with subject essentials and waits for the arrival of his students. He notices with interest the posture, facial expression, the choosing of seats and whether any of his...
by Don Freeman | Jun 14, 2025 | Devotional
Freedom is sweetest to those who’ve known some type of confinement. All across northern France, for example, countless towns and villages have streets re-named with the date of their liberation by Allied Forces in WWII (i.e. Rue du 22 novembre, Mulhouse, Alsace). Such...
by Don Freeman | May 10, 2025 | Devotional
Ignominious, that’s what it was. Jesus’ death, that is – despicable, humiliating, disgraceful, shameful, degrading, dishonorable. And the disciples watched it all like a waking nightmare in a type of paralyzed horror beyond anything they’d ever experienced. But...