by Don Freeman | Sep 26, 2024 | Devotional
In a pamphlet titled, ‘American Crisis,’ written in 1776, Thomas Paine wrote: ‘These are the days that try men’s souls . . .’ Today, in England, France, as well as the US, these words reflect the mood of close to 500 million people. Serious consequences hang in the...
by Don Freeman | Sep 24, 2024 | Devotional
Bread, growing up in my family, was strictly a homemade thing (I never had ‘boughten’ bread until I was a teenager, and I was, um, unimpressed, shall we say). I watched my mother knead that large lump of dough, on average, twice a week. Once, at around six years old,...
by Don Freeman | Sep 17, 2024 | Devotional
Here’s what we know: we are the Body of Christ, we are separated from our old life through our baptism into Jesus, and raised up to a New Life, everything old is no more and all things have been made new, Jesus was God in the flesh, the Divine on earth among men...
by Don Freeman | Sep 12, 2024 | Devotional
Hiking a woodland trail, waking up to the sound of waves at a beach cottage, sailing on a pristine lake or paddling around snow- and ice-laden fjords. These are just a few experiences which joy-wash us with their surge of contentment and peace. They call our souls up...
by Don Freeman | Sep 10, 2024 | Devotional
Unlearn – to recognize a previously held ‘truth’ to be false, or pertaining to a myth or folklore. If one has an older sibling, it may be necessary to unlearn that dragonflies are ‘the devil’s darning needles’ seeking to sew your mouth shut if they land on...
