It works. There’s not much I have up my sleeve, but one thing I have observed, experienced and occasionally practiced is that when you know how to give someone your attention, that in itself, is a significant step towards making progress in life. Very simple action that actually requires a great deal of energy and […]
Read More Can I Have Your Attention?I know of an organisation that is desperate for men. Yeah, that can be read in a number of ways. On this occasion, with your pure minds in place, I am referring to the development of the organisation relying on a healthy and growing mixture of males and females. Unfortunately for the organisation, there is […]
Read More A Word On MasculinityThere is something about fads and trends that influences even the church. I am aware of it, sometimes I have got caught up in it and I have an understanding of why jumping on the latest bandwagon is scorned by some. There is something a bit light and insubstantial about going for the latest trend […]
Read More Where Jesus IsOK dear reader, I need you to follow me on a little journey in this entry. I really enjoy watching episodes of Columbo. There’s little doubt that he is still my favourite television detective, just beating Sherlock Holmes and Detective Robert Goren of Law and Order: Criminal Intent. I don’t claim to be a walking […]
Read More I Would Have Got Away With It If …It’s funny for me to reflect on ten years of blogging and remember how that span covers the time that I worked at the North Staffordshire YMCA. Funny in the sense that I didn’t write a lot about it at the time. I don’t doubt that were I working there now I would certainly be […]
Read More Reflecting on PartnershipsOK from the get-go all Dryden Family members at ease. I ain’t defecting. (Yet) I was watching Captain America: Civil War for the second time, recently, and I intend to watch it a third time as soon as I can. I love it for a lot of reasons, but this is not a movie review […]
Read More Who Are My Family?If success is earning loads of money – I am failing at success terrifically. If success is being very popular among a large number of people – I am failing at success terrifically. If success is defeating everyone in my to get to the top of the pile in my profession – I am failing […]
Read More Failing At Success TerrificallyContext is everything. At the end of a race they give you the order of the competitors. The one mentioned at the start is the winner then you work your way down to the last competitor. So if the competitor comes near the top they have done well and if they come near the bottom […]
Read More Looking to Him Who Has Run and WonIt was a very special service. A woman had come up and shared a powerful testimony of how she was miraculously healed of a seriously debilitating illness that had her on a lot of medication that did little to rid her of the excruciating pain. The testimony was so touching that there was a recognition […]
Read More Healing HeartbreakAnother challenging video from Caesar Kalinowski to consider carefully. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
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