Please yourself. If there were two words that often appear to be the running current in certain societies, those two words would summarise it neatly. Safely ensconced in a variety of concepts and philosophies, whether it’s the parents giving the impression that promoting the self is the essential goal of life or if it’s various […]
Read More If It Pleases The KingHe got nervous thinking about it. He lived on what he could prove, what he could validate, what he could substantiate without any doubt. Yet in this setting, even he could not deny that there was some intangible and unquantifiable aspect that affected him. This could not be explained by any mood music, because there […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The AtmosphereThe bag was packed. John wanted to travel as light as possible. He trusted that he would find what he would need whereever he ended up. He only took what he felt he would need. He was happy to let his brother, Carl, take everything else. All the clothes, the furniture and rather cool other […]
Read More Let’s Remember The Good TimesIt is true. It’s not that everything that was going on was wrong. There may very well be some good in what is being done. The life of following Jesus, however, does include a degree of challenging everything. Everything. You think it’s a given that being married is a good thing. You see your upbringing […]
Read More Everything Changes From Where You AreMy wife loves her home. She loves the relational dynamics of it. The interactions between the daughters. The engagements between parents and daughters. The agreement and understanding between the parents. She loves the physical aspects of it. It is one of the great benefits being her husband, that I get to experience how she loves […]
Read More Time To RearrangeThere is an episode in the Bible where Solomon encounters God. When I read the episode it was really interesting to see what happened and what Solomon asked for. One of the bits that I didn’t pay too much attention to was this, And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. (1 Kings 3:15) […]
Read More How Do You Know You’ve Got It?How far can they push you? What will it take for you to draw a line and say you cannot go beyond that? Where do your values become the marker that will mean you will decline offers and turn down suggestions? Where will a conversation go that will get you to withdraw from it because […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Where’s Your Stop Sign?It is really odd. They chose to play the game. They knew the point of the game. They had an idea of how to play the game. They saw examples of the game. They had sufficient time to prepare for the game. They played the game. And lost. When they lost the game they bewailed […]
Read More Learn or ComplainWords. I love me the words. I got into blogging roughly a decade ago. Recently, I was considering why I like blogging and one of the reasons for it is that I love reading. I love the chance to read and as I read – take in the content – I’m being primed to write. […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Consumer to ProducerExperience is such a valuable commodity in life. Having that degree of having done something before and knowing the highs and lows about the something in most cases makes you a valued member of any company. Indeed in some cases, organisations go out of their way to look for the proven and trusted operator on […]
Read More The Answer For Today Is Not Always Found In Yesterday
