You can go through an experience and emerge from it in such a way that you know you’re different. Something about how you view people, how you view opportunities, how you take on challenges. Those experiences can highlight operating from a process of healing or a position of hurting. It can be challenging to operate […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – For the Next Step: Hurting or HealingI love tens. I enjoy working through lists. Here’s my current list of tens: What would be your ten in each category? What would be your own ten categories/questions? For His Name’s Sake C. L. J. Dryden Shalom
Read More Dryden Shorts – A Few TensGet what I need to get said in 100 words or less. That doesn’t mean I get everything said. The Shorts is a space to leave a note on a key point. What I find often is that there are a lot of things I want to say about a matter, and the Shorts hints […]
Read More 20 for 20 #18 Dryden Shorts Part 3It’s not that I have anything against cats; it’s just that when I was told the saying “curiosity killed the cat,” I thought the cat shouldn’t have got in the way of curiosity. That might sound a bit harsh, I know, but it’s more a reflection of the great regard I have for curiosity. And […]
Read More 20 for 20 #14 QuestionsI was talking to a very good friend recently and it was true what she said. When we commit to following Jesus, we die to self. That death is a tough job. But the swap doesn’t happen without it. We don’t experience the life of Jesus Christ until we die to self. That explains quite […]
Read More Give Me YouThe Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. (Genesis 2:7) Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy […]
Read More JJ25 #22 – The Life-Giving SpiritWhat a goal! Different roles and positions are involved in the sport commonly known as football, which some call “soccer” (I’m praying for you). The game is about attack and defence. The defence is to stop goals from being conceded. That requires discipline, organisation, focus, understanding and an alert team approach. There’s a lot to […]
Read More JJ 24 #40: Celebrating CreativityI get irritable sometimes, so it’s a work of grace to drag me out of that when I get there and need to consider those things. Even the mechanics of things can make me appreciate the admirable. Take blogging, for example. It’s something that I’ve been doing for nearly two decades. I appreciate that in […]
Read More JJ 24 #27: When I Get IrritableMy parents did not condition me to be a survivor. There are messages that I received as a child and growing into those developmental years of the teens and 20’s. Some of those messages from the culture I absorbed and some from the parents who did the best they knew to create an environment for […]
Read More JJ 24 #10: Thrive vs SurviveIt’s not just the actions it’s what motivates the actions. It’s not just the intentions but the actions that flow from those intentions. The reason why the issue is so problematic is found in the answer to two revealing questions: For what purpose? For whose glory? The first one is a common question that scratches […]
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