This weekend I had the pleasure of spending it in the company of some old and new friends. Among other things we were exploring spiritual gifts and their role in an individual’s response to God’s call on them. It was a thoroughly invigorating, stimulating and energising time with people of God. Being among such spiritual […]
Read More September Sojourn: Finding Your WayDuring the month so far, I’ve taken pleasure exploring the gospel of John. I have to say I cannot get enough of it. I am tending to listen to it through the dramatized version of the NIV via Biblegateway. I listen to it whilst washing up, which is a great time to reflect on the […]
Read More September Sojourn: Without Christ … Left In The DarkIt must have been fairly awkward knocking around with Jesus. He was a magnet for contention and controversy especially when it came to engaging with the religious status quo of the day. Reading through the gospel according to John, His interactions with the religious rulers were at best antagonistic. It was evidently serious enough for […]
Read More September Sojourn: Conforming to Christ Is About Not ConformingSeptember is a special month in the year for me anyway. My parents celebrate their wedding anniversary. My Dad celebrates a big birthday this year. My sister also has her birthday on this month. This then kicks off the birthday season that sees my brother have his brother next month, I get a birthday the […]
Read More September Sojourn – An Opening WordDespite my best efforts, the technological issues continue to dog me efforts at regular blogging, althought to be fair, there have been other pressures on time that has made it harder to continue as I would have liked. Yet here I am again taking advantage of this window of opportunity to post something on what’s […]
Read More What To Do With Summer Days …For those expecting a biblical exploration of the woman who was married to an idiot and helped stop David from killing her idiot husband, before going on to marry David herself when the idiot husband keeled over anyway … this is not it. (Great story though. As in, I love reading the episode. It’s good […]
Read More What Abigail Teaches Me About Following JesusI have no idea at present what the Beach Boys song was called. I also have no intention presently to simply google it. (Blogging by phone does that to me.) I do know that the song had the words “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”. At this juncture it’s important for me to note my mild hatred […]
Read More Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Acts and Life in the SpiritFollowing Jesus is a challenging pursuit, but it is so worthwhile. I am convinced it is one that was never designed to be taken as a solo journey. Think about it. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Following Jesus On My Own?Relationships are interesting. Nothing beats a good relationship. There are different elements to relationships, and I believe there are different stages of relationships, based on me brief time on the earth. While I was working through some personal issues in the transition from Bletchley to Derby, I started thinking about stages of relationships. A few […]
Read More Discipleship – Learning To Live The Love LifeThe other day I was playing squash. Squash is my only intensive physical outlet. I have been playing for a few weeks now and can certainly feel the benefits. I usually play in a trio, so we play winner-stays-on. The others usually consist of an older guy called Howard who is still very good and […]
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