Dad did a lot of good things for me. A lot. One of the best things, though, was to get me into enjoying walking. No not the rambling kind of taking a stick and needing hiking boots to walk up and down the mountain. Nah, not that kind of thing, just taking a stroll through […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Dad and the WalksRelationships matter. People are a great way that God shows His love and goodness. They’re an insight into how creation really is a work of art as well as a work from the heart. I was having a conversation with a dear friend of mine. She shared her heart to be responsive to God in […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: God and His Works of ArtThere is this thing some of us do to protect people. We don’t tell them everything. Now what is true is this – people don’t need to know everything. They don’t. It is not for them to know each and every aspect of everything we have ever done. That, however, is not what is really […]
Read More Things In The Dark Come Out In The LightOK a brief football reference, then I will move right on, honest. So, Wayne Rooney is the leading goalscorer for his club, Manchester United and his country. He has won every trophy there is to win in the game at club level and has scored crucial goals in the run up to that. Yet for […]
Read More Living Beyond OurselvesIt was a privilege to be invited to dinner, but the conversation, for all the wit and humour flying across the table, was very sobering. There was a father of several children. He was devoted, considerate and caring to his children and in his community. When his wife died, with his children fully grown with […]
Read More A Word On ExploitationThis beautiful photograph was taken by a man I admire a great deal. He took this whilst at a place called Godfrey. When I saw the image, I loved it immediately and the name sunburst appealed to me. It highlighted for me what is so delightful about the sun bursting through the clouds lighting up […]
Read More About the SunburstIt’s interesting to me to see well meaning people propose and promote positions with passion that essentially are pointless. It’s interesting and somewhat tragic. All that passion channelled into something that in the greater scheme of things counts for nothing. The deathbed scene is often referred to and in that scenario as you breathe your […]
Read More A Word On What MattersOften I feel like I was born in the wrong era. My childhood was the peak solo Michael Jackson time when Thriller and Bad dominated the charts for a while. Madonna was also a big deal apparently and here in England we had a number of pop groups that were pouting and giving the impression […]
Read More You’ll Never Know That It’s True Until …Tomorrow is scheduled to see the last important football match of the season. It’s the Champions League final. After that there will be a few international matches here and there with some youth tournaments around, but to all intents and purposes those of us who enjoy feeding from the game of football will engage in […]
Read More Dryden on the FreeflowThe last time I gave an update on things was back in the beginning of April. That feels like a long time ago. It’s just two months, but that has been a packed two months. You may have gathered that the vast majority of that time on this blog has been dedicated to continuing and […]
Read More June Check Up: A Dryden Update
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