So many issues. With them. With me. Makes it so difficult to forge deep relationships. Some are cool with that. Some are happy to live with the partial and superficial. At least I can talk to you. I am not perfect, I have my issues. I am not open at the best of times and […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: At Least I Can Talk To YouHe felt good about himself. His bills were paid on time again. There were no outstanding debts. He was able to get his girls the outfits they pointed out last week. He saw his son get the latest kit to go to support his team with the season ticket he renewed on time. He saw […]
Read More Who Is This Good News For?Have you ever been distracted? Simon Peter knows just the feeling. There was that one time when of all the disciples that saw Jesus walk on the water, it was Peter who had the boldness to call out to get Jesus to prove Himself. It was Peter who took the invitation and took those tentative […]
Read More A Peter Profile: 06 – Then He Got DistractedWhat makes a family? Where are we to get the definition of the family from? Who is to say when a family is properly functioning and when it is breaking down? For those who have faith, it is crucial to see the source of family as the Creator Himself. It is reassuring to know that […]
Read More Family Formation: 02 – FoundationAbram is a real guy. That’s certainly what we can derive from what’s written about him in scripture. It takes faith to trust God to leave his family. Abram exercises that faith. At the same time, he’s also anxious enough to cover himself when it comes to his wife in Egypt. Faith to believe God […]
Read More Abram: Awesome Assurance and Awry AgreementsThe offer was made and it was such an attractive one. The life on offer truly was amazing to consider. That could be life from here on? That could be received in the here and now as well as for a limitless period. Who wouldn’t want to buy into that? Then there was the cost […]
Read More Who Rules? You Have To Let GoWhat matters more – my feelings or the truth? It would be easy to say ‘the truth’. Experience, however, reveals that my feelings trump the truth. Offended at grievances, rather than searching for the truth of the matter, I’m more prone to make a mission of harbouring bitterness to the one who caused the hurt […]
Read More My Feelings and the TruthThe noise rages. The incessant, demanding accusations and bleating look to shake and drive him insane. How does he keep going? He goes to those places in his mind. Places where he rests in the presence of the Holy One. Places where he remembers forgiveness, redemption and restoration. Places where he revels in purpose and […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: There Are Places“What you don’t understand, is that I’ve tried that all before?” “I hear you. I hear that you’ve been through it before and the experience wasn’t pleasant. I can understand why that experience would be off-putting.” “Yeah, and when you read what others have said about what it does to you and how the evidence […]
Read More It’s Hopeless, Isn’t It?Maybe he needed to find out more about this guy he was following. Simon thought he knew who he was following. From the time that he responded to Jesus calling him, Simon had been fascinated by this man. The way He healed, the way He taught, the way He treated people. His brother, Andrew, had […]
Read More A Peter Profile: 05 – Who Is He Following?
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