by Don Freeman | Jun 10, 2025 | Devotional
When I was around eleven years old, my brothers, six and years older than I, decided they would teach me how to drive. Off we went in my eldest brother’s 1958 Pontiac. When we got far enough out in the countryside, they deemed it time for my first lesson. They...
by Don Freeman | Mar 11, 2025 | Devotional
God’s story is, on the one hand, solid, unwavering, faithful, sure. On the other hand, there are man’s instabilities, disobediences, unfaithfulnesses, waywardnesses. Almost at the beginning, the terrible and far-reaching consequences of the Fall are outlined for...
by Don Freeman | Feb 27, 2025 | Devotional
“What did I do to deserve this?” This question could be a whining complaint about the ills which have befallen someone. Or, equally, it could be the Apostle Paul’s bewilderment at finding himself blessed, protected, provided for, included, etc., in God’s plan of...
by Don Freeman | Feb 20, 2025 | Devotional
A 19th Century hymn contains these lyrics: “O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to the Lord in prayer.” (What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Jospeh Scriven, 1819-1886). Hmm. I guess not a whole...
by Don Freeman | Feb 6, 2025 | Devotional
Pilate despairingly posed the moot question to Jesus: ‘What is Truth?’ Some in our day would query similarly: ‘What is Peace?’ Oh sure, we are familiar with definitions written in dictionaries and the like, but for the ‘boots on the ground’ reality, how is it lived...
