Abby Birthday

Abigail Elizabeth Danielle Dryden. The initials were deliberately set to be a constant reminder of the most beautiful woman in the world.  Thank God so far Abigail herself has been such a tremendous blessing in our lives that she will undoubtedly be recognised as the most beautiful woman in someone else’s world. It was 3:27am […]

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He Ain’t Heavy …

It’s funny in a lot of ways.  I mean the kind of funny that makes me chuckle whimsically and somewhat ruefully. For years I’ve desired to be near my brother to be a physical presence in his life encouraging him to pursue all those things of which I know him to be capable.  In all […]

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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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