My gospel music upbringing was predominantly around choirs and groups with a smattering of male solo acts and a very limited number of female solo artists. So if you were to ask me to name ten quality female gospel solo artists I’d struggle where I wouldn’t struggle to name twenty male ones. Deniece Williams as […]
Read More My Soul Desire – Deniece WilliamsFinally 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 NowRecently I was writing about the kind of environment conducive to genuine praise and genuine community engagement in the light of the ‘spiritual covering’ practice. Read it for yourself by clicking for part one and part two. One aspect of the argument was about how we’re more likely to be ourselves when we’re at home. […]
Read More Consider Yourself … A PreambleWhat kind of son am I? Not a good one, evidently. Here we have the nerve centre for the online thinking and blogging on everything to do with the life of Christopher Dryden There are blogs regaling my brother, there are blogs regaling my sister, there are blogs regaling my father, there are blogs regaling […]
Read More For My MumIn the first part of this here little story of mine I gave the historical context of driving and me. Read it once more to refresh yourself on how we find ourselves here. In the world of being a pedestrian even I can’t walk everywhere and sometimes the bus is not suitable for the requirements. […]
Read More Taking Me For A Ride – Part TwoCharm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. (Proverbs 31:30) This particular chapter in Proverbs is lauded for what has been known as the portrait of the virtuous woman, but really it’s about the virtuous wife and the difference is crucial. With this portrait we […]
Read More MTP31 – A Virtuous WifeHere’s the third entry into why the Dryden Family has moved from Stoke-on-Trent. Part One covered where we are now and how we got here. Part Two looks at when we left the city and began looking at why the move took place. So the interview continues … How does the rest of your family […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 3On this day a child was born, at this time a son was given and his name was called Christopher Luketon John Dryden. Up until last night I wasn’t particularly bothered about putting together a blog about a day like today. I don’t think I’ve done it in the past. That all changed when I […]
Read More Happy ChristophermasQuite a lot to put out tonight and it’s a job to keep it all in perspective, but I’ll give it me best shot. First of all there is a saying that in terms of the meals of the day that it’s best to have breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner […]
Read More Food, Focus, Football and ChangesNow I could just go back to the series on fasting and give another part of the amazing journey of learning about God all the more. I am excited to do so and have lots to write. In as much as I want to do that, and this is not the launch of another side-track […]
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