We can get hung up on the wrong things, get distracted and completely miss the point. Maybe the way we converse is not always respectful. Some of the things that are said are done with an aggressive and pained spirit that often seeks to be vindicated more than it seeks solutions. Some of the things […]
Read More Maybe It’s Not The Right VehicleHaving the children I have, with the nature they inherited from … well someone close to them, it’s no surprise that they are the inquisitive type. This evening’s inquisitiveness came about as I was talking about the need to build the character. The question came: what is the difference between the personality and character? At […]
Read More Character and Personality – Content and StyleSo I was thinking about being a peacemaker, again. I was particularly thinking about it in the light of the relational struggles that make the need to make peace more apparent. For example when the ingredients for a resentment meal present themselves. You may be familiar with these ingredients. 1 tablespoon of an innocuous incident […]
Read More Refusing To Eat Resentment CakeSometimes I’m not sure if we know the difference between someone well disciplined and someone who has had an encounter with Jesus Christ. I say that because a lot of the behavioural focus I’ve come across with children, young adults and fully grown mature adults indicates that ‘behaving’ yourself is the key. I know that […]
Read More The Gospel DifferenceIt’s hard to know which one is more frustrating. The one who is inactive, ot the one who actively frustrates the desire for peaceful progress. The reason why it’s such a tight race between the two types of people is because in as much as the latter is an opponent, at least you know where […]
Read More What Makes Peace? 4 – ConstructiveHello, my name is Christopher Dryden, I am a peacemaker. I am also a father of three daughters. The youngest daughter is named Zoe (there should be two dots over the e, but nevertheless). This April she will turn five years old and it’s already a good time to reflect on why she was so […]
Read More What Makes Peace? 2 – EnthusiasmHello, my name is Christopher Dryden, I am a peacemaker. Typing those words is not easy for me or even that natural. I am an easy going guy who likes to avoid confrontation wherever possible. That does not make me a peacemaker. The Prince of Peace was hardly a guy who ran from confrontation. Preferring […]
Read More What Makes Peace? 1 – PriorityWe are given to extremes. A good friend of mine informed me of one perspective on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Here the taking of the tree exposed us to the full breadth of the extremes of good and evil. Rather than depending on God for all things, left to our own […]
Read More Order and SpontaneityYou’re aware of that feeling some have when they are a child. That feeling that says life will be so much better as soon as they grow up and can do what grown ups do. You’re also aware of that feeling that parents get seeing their children play around with little to no responsibilities and […]
Read More The Life Gets SweeterI am not a cook. It is thus a blessing to be surrounded by outstanding cooks. I cannot justifiably complain about this fact. That means come dinner time more often than not, I am in for a treat. As I was brought up my loving parents, I was instructed that it was good manners to […]
Read More Something About Praise and Thanksgiving
