by Don Freeman | May 16, 2024 | Devotional
Children wait with great impatient thrill for Christmas Day. Four days ahead, they are feverishly counting down, and fidgeting – just 3 more sleeps, says Mom. Four days ahead of the wedding, the bride- and groom-to-be await that momentous, life-changing ceremony with...
by Don Freeman | Nov 14, 2023 | Devotional
Julie was only singing what we already know intuitively: ‘Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down . . . in the most delightful way!’ That is why dentists offer kids toys at the end of a visit, doctors offer candy, parents promise trips to that Ronald...
by Don Freeman | May 23, 2023 | Devotional
“One way to put the Gospel in a nutshell is this: you are more wicked than you ever dared believe and yet, you are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than you ever dared hope.” Pastor/Author Tim Keller, 1950-2023 Shortly before his homegoing last Friday morning,...
by Don Freeman | May 20, 2023 | Devotional
N.B. Knowing that friends in Europe will be reading, and being confounded by parts of this note, highlights for me our American behavior, truly (amusingly?) unique in all the world. Several years ago, the first Krispy Kreme donut shop opened in Minneapolis, Minnesota....
by Don Freeman | May 19, 2022 | Devotional
Thinking for a moment, can you remember a season in your life when you were stressed: with a set of demands exceeding what you considered to be your limits; or maybe overwhelming financial challenges whether of your making or imposed on you; a long, drawn-out personal...