Here’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: When we were growing up, my brother was seen as the pessimist of the family. I reflect on that as a comparative statement, although I’m not sure if he regards himself to be much of a speaker of hope. His responses in the conversation reinforce his […]
Read More ADBC: 47 – How The Good, Right And True Could Matter To YouWhen she said it I heard her through my hunger and frustration. I then heard her through what I’m used to hearing from her. I then heard her from a place of someone endevouring to understand her on her own definitions and feelings. Even then, I needed to hear her further from the position of […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Listen CarefullyHere’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: I honour and cherish those who take time to consider a question I ask and process it carefully and answer accordingly. I often find the considered response of greater worth than a glib throwaway response that happens to sound right. Hesediah cannot disrespect a question however […]
Read More ADBC: 46 – Wisdom, Abortion & That Wide-Screen IdolWe’ve been here before haven’t we? And we got here because we did the same thing before. And before that happened we did what had also happened before. This is no different to every other time, we’re just going around in circles. That was the concern. Until someone pointed out that a cycle likewise goes […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The Cycle and the CircleI love the written word. I love the word spoken. I love the word heard. I love the word acted on. It is great to be able to deliver the word written on this blog over the last decade or so and I trust that by God’s grace I’ll continue to deliver that. What I’ve […]
Read More Word Search: Exploring the EncounterWords are my thing. I love them, studying them, hearing them, pondering them and using them to help others. With that in mind, I’ve had the opportunity to launch a new series encouraging reading the word out loud. Check this video out and support the project by subscribing to the channel and turning on notifications […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – James 1Here’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: Learning is not automatic all the time. My brother shows the aptitude and diligence in addressing what he’s learnt in addressing the question of what is meant by the creation mandate to subdue the earth. It is the sort of outline that I wholeheartedly encourage you […]
Read More ADBC: 45 – Getting Old, Getting What You Deserve & Getting JusticeIt is encouraging to hear of how many overnight successes were years in the making. It is good to know that things that people take for granted on a daily basis, took some people decades to get to the place of delivering these things. It may not get traction immediately. It might requite tweaks, rejigs […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: PersevereHere’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: Whether you’ve given consumerism and materialism any thought, it will do you the world of good to tuck into my brother’s explanation of it and the moral dimension concerning them both. It is such a majestic piece of work, that really he owes us to write […]
Read More ADBC: 44 – Deluded Frontiers and The Delusion of InterventionYou hear the word but what do you do with it? How does your heart treat it? Treat it lightly and let it be taken away? Accept it excitedly at first and then duck out when the going gets tough? Render the word fruitless because of the primacy of the cares of this life and […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The Heart That Treasures The Word
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