by Don Freeman | Oct 26, 2023 | Devotional
WARNING: Risk of pre-season traumatic trembling. Recently, I’ve seen Christmas-themed advertising, complete with smiling faces and bow-wrapped parcels. For many, if not most, it’s too early to think about such things, with all that that entails. But there it is. Maybe...
by Don Freeman | Oct 10, 2023 | Devotional
Great are you, O Lord, and exceedingly worthy of praise; your power is immense and your wisdom beyond reckoning . . . you arouse us so that praising you may bring us joy because you have made us and drawn us to yourself, and our heart is restless until it...
by Don Freeman | Oct 7, 2023 | Devotional
Just think! Every time we’ve experienced joy, sadness, loss, fear, winning, grief, laughter, betrayal, celebration, sickness, Jesus has been in the thick of it with us! But it is so easy to absorb all those wide-ranging emotions on our own, as if we are the sum total...
by Don Freeman | Oct 3, 2023 | Devotional
Do you think the Holy Spirit is an extrovert? Do you think he gets lonely? Do you think these are strange things to be asking? Do you ever think about stuff like this? These are some of my ponderings since my recent reunion with a small group of fellow students from...
by Don Freeman | Aug 22, 2023 | Devotional
The Ironman Triathlon: a timed, 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle ride, 26.22-mile marathon, done in that order. Who would ever voluntarily sign on for such a physically exhausting race? To be clear – not I! But there are hundreds and hundreds of brave (crazy?) people...