by Amelia Avila | Mar 5, 2026 | Devotional
When I was younger, I loved watching elderly couples interact. The longevity of their marriage was often unmistakable in the small ways they mirrored each other… their shared mannerisms, precious expressions, and rhythms. Years later now, my husband and I are that...
by Don Freeman | Feb 24, 2026 | Devotional
In all the days of his public ministry, Jesus’ focus was the Kingdom. Over and over, he used parables and stories to illustrate it and bring its reality into the present. And it wasn’t just some pretty idea floating around out there somewhere, untouchable,...
by Don Freeman | Feb 21, 2026 | Devotional
culture: the customary beliefs and social forms of a group used to interact with one another and transmitted across generations through learning, values, language, and habits. We all grow up in a culture. It’s what we think of as normal, what we’ve always known....
by Don Freeman | Feb 17, 2026 | Devotional
As a teenager, my local radio station had me convinced of an important show coming up on New Year’s Eve. It was a marathon show featuring the Top 100 hits of the year, starting with #100 and listening all the way up to #1. I was hooked! I can’t remember when that...
by Don Freeman | Feb 14, 2026 | Devotional
Early in the 17th Century, the word ‘outlier’ was coined to describe a stone left over in a quarry after a building project. And like many terms, it has morphed in usage to now describe someone who thinks and acts differently from the mainstream, a person who...
