by Don Freeman | Feb 8, 2022 | Devotional
“I’d look on the bright side … if I could find it.” Eeyore, in Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne Bad news. No news. Cold, blustery, rainy, dreary days. Headaches. Toothaches. Back aches. Old age. Cold coffee. Stale toast. Spam emails. Hangnails. What gets you down? What...
by Don Freeman | Nov 23, 2021 | Devotional
Some are hilarious. Some are full of pathos and drama. Some are downright scary. Still others are heartwarming and sweet. “I remember one time . . .” is how many of the tellings of our life stories get started, with those around us typically chiming in with tales...
by Don Freeman | Sep 2, 2021 | Devotional
Pluto is no longer a planet. Sugar is no longer a health food. Phone booths and payphones no longer exist (except for a smattering of the UK’s red antiquaries). Computers are no longer the fingers on both hands. And as we are no longer see as sufficiently intelligent...
by Don Freeman | Aug 3, 2021 | Devotional
It was an exciting announcement. Our pastor and his wife, after twelve years of trying, gave the news from the pulpit one Sunday morning that they were, at last, and after many disappointments, expecting a baby! After the morning service, all the ladies in the church...
by Don Freeman | Jul 31, 2021 | Devotional
a throwback to a bygone era*, when at the full-service gas pumps It could be that I’m the only strange one who has joy-filled recall that is, paradoxically, closely attached to unpleasant odors. If you say the word, ‘lavender,’ my brain instantaneously forages...
