by Don Freeman | Jan 7, 2023 | Devotional
IMAGINE: your domain is in Fine Art painting, and you set yourself a goal of creating, day by day, month by month, a visual depiction of your year, 2023. You set up an easel by the window in your studio, put your blank canvas in place, assemble the paints, and wait...
by Don Freeman | Dec 24, 2022 | Devotional
Christmas Eve This special ‘eve’ning is filled with expectation – and stereotypically, frantic, last-minute preparations. The longstanding joke is that parents would be up all night, assembling gifts. Or the chef in the house would be checking and double checking that...
by Don Freeman | Aug 6, 2022 | Devotional
‘Pay it forward’ is a God idea, a God value. There are over 300 references to ‘inherit’ and ‘inheritance’ in the Bible. Apparently, the intent was that each generation would provide for the generation to follow. For thousands of years, families maintained this...
by Don Freeman | May 21, 2022 | Devotional
We may hear someone say: ‘that’s icing on the cake,’ meaning something unexpectedly beneficial/providential/pleasant has come their way. We might say, when something unexpectedly negative/ominous/disagreeable has just occurred: ‘wouldn’t that peel the icing right off...
by Don Freeman | Mar 10, 2022 | Devotional
Let’s talk about funerals, no one’s go-to conversation starter over coffee. While the death of a friend or loved one is one of the most challenging events of a lifetime, plunging us into a season of grief and sorrow and emotional turmoil, chilling us with its savagery...
