Recently I came across two episodes that highlighted both the reality of change and the value of things enduring. A major reason why I started blogging almost 10 years ago was because of my best friend at university. Funnily enough it’s almost 20 years ago since I first met him. I found out that he […]
Read More Good Friends LastI didn’t like what I saw in the mirror. In my distaste I turned away from it and blamed everyone and everything else for what I saw. I looked again and blamed myself bitterly for being the architect of this ugliness. In it all it never occurred to me to question the perspective from which […]
Read More Reflect On ItHeads up. This is not the deep, meaningful blog entry you might be looking for from the title. Today I had planned to attend a concert at a church facility with a few friends of mine. The concept of the event was encouraging intimacy in worship. Unfortunately I damaged my left wrist and right thumb […]
Read More Coping With DisappointmentIt’s not that I have been completely mute. There have been times when I have seen the vow of silence as a positive thing. Essentially, though, I have not been mute in that time. What I have done is gathered a new found love for headphones. I don’t love headphones because they block out others. On the […]
Read More Why The Quiet?When it comes to writing a blog post I don’t always know what to write. As you might have noticed I have been kinda on the quiet side particularly over the month of September. I would like to tell you that the break was due to a need for rest and recuperation. It would be […]
Read More Takes The BrokenEarlier on in the blogging this year I mentioned about Aberdeen. It’s a long story about the making of the journey to Aberdeen, but recently I was privileged to make the trip. I went with a really great friend. The trip did heaps to improve my respect for him so that was a big bonus […]
Read More About August’s Aberdeen AdventureAccommodate – give space for, allow room for someone or something. Acclimatise – process of getting used to new conditions. Assimilate – take on the aspects, behaviours and values of the new environment often resulting in resembling the environment. Those are the thoughts that go on in my head when I consider these three terms. […]
Read More Accommodate, Acclimatise, AssimilateHave I told you how much I love the TV show Arrow? I don’t watch a lot of TV at all, but I was very much taken with the plot and characters in this story. I particularly like the development of the lead character Oliver Queen from a young playboy relying on his parents’ big […]
Read More Aiming Arrows AccuratelyThe worse thing is – they mean well. You know what I mean. Those people with annoying, irritating aspects of character but aren’t deliberately being so. They don’t mean it, but it’s there. The worse thing is – they mean well. What helps tremendously in engaging with these aspects is recognising some annoying and irritating […]
Read More Altering Awkward ApproachesFor His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
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