Finally 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 NowRemember I was talking about old time stuff?? You don’t have to remember, that’s the kind of guy I am. Yet if that’s the kind of guy I am, then my sister is twice the kind of guy I am, which is of course interesting seeing as though she cannot biologically be a guy. In […]
Read More There Was An Old LadyRecently 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 PreambleI don’t believe I’ve shared the history of me and driving and I reckon it might be worth your while reading it as it forms a good part of this entry. Driving comes across to me as a crucial part of a rite of passage from being a child to being an adult. Whenever the […]
Read More Taking Me For A Ride – Part OneThe following is something that was inspired by an email I received from a very close person in my life … relationally. If you read it in a particular way it may be structured in a familiar way to a song that was rendered originally by one Kirk Franklin. Due thanks go to him for […]
Read More The Reason Why I TweetA man of quick temper acts foolishly, (Proverbs 14:17a) Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. (Proverbs 14:29) The trick was to find a way to wind me up. Knowing me as well as she did she would easily coax me into her trap with […]
Read More MTP14 Temper, TemperHere’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 3To 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-StylingOn 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 ChristophermasSo September is a big indicator that the end of the year is nigh. After this month we enter the last quarter of the year and things definitely start winding down in preparation for that much-loved hibernation season known as the winter. In the run up to that great time of year the Dryden family […]
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