by Amelia Avila | Aug 28, 2025 | Devotional
My husband and I are in the process of having various home repairs completed. For me, deciding paint colors is one of the most challenging, psychological exercises. It’s crazy how choosing a simple paint color can be so nerve wracking. What if I choose the wrong...
by Don Freeman | Aug 19, 2025 | Devotional
It’s one of those statements that stick, even after all these years: I was 21 and had just taken my driver’s test (it’s a complicated story and I’ve long since forgiven my brothers, may they rest in peace). I pulled back into the parking lot of the testing center, put...
by Don Freeman | Aug 9, 2025 | Devotional
A European railway tunnel under the Alps is just over 35 miles long. Trains zip through it at approx. 120 mph, completing the journey in about 20 minutes. Emerging in the daytime, to bright sunshine, travelers wince as their assaulted pupils attempt to constrict to...
by Don Freeman | Aug 5, 2025 | Devotional
I hope this doesn’t sound mean or judgmental, but something inside me feels like holding a private celebration each time Scriptures point out when the disciples missed the point. It feels so indirectly validating. In a weird way, it gives me hope that I’m not the only...
by Don Freeman | Aug 2, 2025 | Devotional
All of these – mortgage payments, car payments, utility bills, insurance premiums, internet charges, cell phones and their contracts, cable fees, taxes, Credit Card payments – real time evidences we are living in a physical world that demands our timely co-operation...
