It has been a quite remarkable week in the life of Christopher Dryden. Faced a few unsettling home issues, but the family have remained exuberant and lively. In and among all of this I called my mentor who has been looking after me for nearly 20 years. I love my mentor. It is one thing […]
Read More Compassionately Constructive FeedbackIn the last entry I introduced this brief series with some door to door experiences I’ve had recently. As I mentioned, those experiences reminded me of my own brief foray into door to door life. Back at the end of the 20th Century I had got meself heavily involved in church work on a voluntary […]
Read More Body Building and the Door to Door Experience – Part TwoOver the last three entries, I’ve been sharing lessons I learnt whilst on a walk. (Read part one, part two and part three by clicking the links.) As I mentioned in the last entry, this was certainly no ordinary walk for me. It’s worth mentioning what a fan I am of walking. Now by walking, […]
Read More Lessons From The Walk ExtraEarlier this month I wrote about getting back in the book-reading groove with a bang and I’ve finally finished one of the seven/eight books I started. First a little bit of context. I did not know about Michael English until the turn of the century. While doing some work in Nottingham, a friend had some […]
Read More DMCD Book Review – The Prodigal Comes Home by Michael EnglishThe writer of Hebrews in some verse referred to being surrounded by a cloud of witnesses. His point was about the heroes of faith who had been the platform for those now in Christ to keep pursuing life in Him with all their might. I’ve not really seen myself as someone with a lot of […]
Read More Thanks For Brothers and SistersI think some people are called to be misfits. Reading about some of the characters in the Bible and their popularity with the status quo (or lack of), and their ability to bring grief to the authorities of the day, the role of a misfit seems somewhat inevitable. It is sad, however, when people feel […]
Read More When You Know You Don’t BelongI thank God for peacemakers and I think they take on shapes, forms and professions. I was thinking about the point of doctors and nurses (representing the entirety of the medical profession). I think it’s a natural off-shoot of placing business concerns on the medical profession that the ethos of professions like being a doctor […]
Read More Blessed Are The Peacemakers: Doctors and NursesIt Started At A Wedding (Not My Own, Obviously) I don’t get invited to weddings often, and of late I’ve loathed being that much in crowds. Yet a dear friend of the family was getting married and invited my wife and I to his wedding. So we made an appearance at the ceremony and even […]
Read More Getting StuckIntroduction: Reading A Book Not long ago I mentioned how I’d virtually been on a reading fast. I had literally not read a book for months. Now for me that is a big deal. Before my love of music comes reading. Before my love of writing comes reading. Before my love of football comes reading. […]
Read More Redemption and ChoiceI like to think of myself as a rather laid back kinda guy. Until very recently it would take a lot to get me riled up and all up in people’s faces in an antagonistic and aggressive manner. Overt violence is not my first port of call as a reaction to nuisances. Of very late […]
Read More I’m Just Doing My Job – And That Job Is To Love Sacrificially
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