For My Mum

What 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 […]

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Restoration

The story often referred to as the Prodigal Son is a brilliant example of what the ministry of reconciliation is all about.  In that story a fair bit of credit is given to the wastrel son as he comes to his senses and realises that he could get better quality food back at his home […]

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Let’s Stay Together

I’ve been banging on about faithfulness fairly often this year and I guess for good reason.  In a time when everything dear to me has been put up for grabs and uncertainty is the only certain thing in my life, appreciating the quality of faithfulness and how I often fail but can succeed at it. […]

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My Gratitude

I remember from a very early age singing a hymn called Count Your Blessings.  Looking back the lyrics are fairly basic and simple – count your blessings, name them one by one, count your many blessings, see what God has done.  As ever with the hymns that are sung time and time again from childhood […]

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MTP31 – A Virtuous Wife

Charm 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 […]

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Nothing Beats Marriage

I was walking home one evening recently and as I was walking home I knew I needed to go get some little groceries to tide us over as a family for a little while longer.  As I made me way to the place it occurred to me that nothing beats marriage.  Now this is not […]

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Is This What I Believe? Sex

I’m a bit surprised that I haven’t talked about sex that often on this blog.  No don’t worry you haven’t got on the wrong site, if you’ve wandered to this place this isn’t one of those that is sponsored by or supports the adult entertainment industry.  Isn’t that a phrase which has been taken for […]

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