by Don Freeman | May 19, 2026 | Devotional
I don’t deal well with pain. For the rare headache, I keep pain pills on hand. For tooth pain, I know a dentist who’ll find a solution. For a cold or the flu, well, there are pills, too. For nerve pain, a different doctor and a different Rx. For a badly sprained...
by Don Freeman | Jul 4, 2024 | Devotional
Young people wanting a military career, those training to be Olympic athletes, those choosing to become medical doctors, all know that there will be grueling times ahead of them before achieving their dream. That isn’t a secret. So, what is it that makes them so...
by Don Freeman | Jun 15, 2024 | Devotional
No matter one’s taste in music, the list of love songs is near endless. Sometimes a celebration of found love, sometimes expressing an ache to be loved, sometimes exposing the searing pain of heartbreak. And because God is love, each of these songs can be compared or...
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...
by Don Freeman | Dec 6, 2022 | Devotional
Mrs. Mullin’s assignment for my practicing piano progressed from 20 minutes a day to 30, then 45, then 60 over the 5 years I went to her for lessons. After several years away from lessons, and now a piano major in college, Dr. Mead’s practice assignment was 3 hours a...