The whole responsibility thing, isn’t all bad. I say that, because often the word responsibility doesn’t elicit shouts of joy and acclaim. Yet there are some real benefits to taking responsibilities seriously – some joyful benefits at that. I was reflecting on that today as I went about the domestic chores and family duties that […]
Read More On Personal ResolutionsYeah there’s the Jesus stuff which is very important to me. There is the church stuff, which is also very important. There are the ideas that knock around my head on other issues to talk about (for example I’m thinking about a series on All My Working Life). Yet from time to time it’s just […]
Read More Just Free-BloggingFinally we complete the mini-series that I’ve been writing about the family and my developing understanding of the this crucial foundation of society. It would be useful to summarise how I came to this point with a couple of dating scenarios. In January 1990 I was a 12 year old boy whose concept of family […]
Read More Consider Yourself One Of The Family – Where I Am NowGetting the balance right is something to be very conscious about. There are many demands on your time, some put on you by others, some put on by yourself, some that appear urgent and important and some that appear not to be the case but actually they are. I recognise that life being lead by […]
Read More The Ongoing Quest Of Getting The Balance RightOK from the top, this is not what you’ve been waiting for. The popping has not taken place … yet. Here’s how it all went down. Mrs Dryden, in the hospital scheduled to be delivering over the initial 24 hours since she was admitted to hospital. Well that didn’t work out despite some contractions on […]
Read More How’s Authrine Watch – Part TwoTo keep you aware, some of the posts I do have been pre-scheduled sometimes days in advance. Some of them are worked on during the day in a nice neat Word file (OK OpenOffice Writer now) then put up on here. Sometimes however, it’s just good to freestyle blog, almost as if there doesn’t have […]
Read More Just Free-StylingApparently according to the calendars of some this is a day to celebrate romantic love and express that with the appropriate sentiments shared with that special significant other. I never bought into the day myself for two reasons. I come from a background that says basically if it’s not in the Word, then there’s no […]
Read More Love Lifted MeRecently I’ve been looking after Deborah and Abigail. Deborah and Abigail as you are aware are the daughters given to the responsibility of Authrine and I by natural birth. Deborah is 4 and Abigail is 3. In two weeks’ time they’ll be going to the same school – Deborah will be going there next week […]
Read More Addressing the Diva MentalityThe fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become […]
Read More That’s Just StupidOn the last Saturday of 2006 my daughter Abigail was blessed that is to say we made a huge deal of her dedication back to God (after all He gave her to us in the first place). This also coincided with birthday celebrations for Deborah who turned two years old the day before. Now when […]
Read More Abigail Dryden’s Blessing
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