by Don Freeman | Sep 19, 2024 | Devotional
On Sunday, October 30, 1938, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in New York aired, on Orson Welles’ radio show, The Mercury Theater on the Air, a dramatic reading, with sound effects, of ‘The War of the Worlds’ (based on H.G. Wells’ 1898 novel of the same name).The...
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...
by Don Freeman | Aug 31, 2024 | Devotional
The story goes that bank tellers were once trained to detect counterfeit bills by sorting through stacks and stacks of the real thing. After many days, a counterfeit bill would be introduced to one of the piles. As they made their way through, one piece of paper would...
by Don Freeman | Aug 24, 2024 | Devotional
I’m surprised at how seldom I think of my array of accumulated conveniences. Like the functioning of the all-important, morning coffee machine. Or the arrival of hot water for a shower. Or AC during hot weather and heat in those other months. Or my car starting when...
by Don Freeman | Jun 11, 2024 | Devotional
Knotted shoelaces, twisted garden hoses, snarled strings of Christmas lights, to name a few of life’s deepest mysteries. Well, OK, minor irritations. Let’s just say, any of these things at the start of the day is unwelcome, an interruption, a de-motivator. The one...
