Looking Up, Staying Grounded

Apparently it’s a familiar story. At first he didn’t think he could do it. He had seen others really do it well, but he never thought he could make it. He had a coach who trained him diligently and slowly but surely he made some progress. Then he had a chance to do it. And […]

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Dryden Shorts: A Captivating Vision

Authrine was captivating when I first met her. She was even more captivating on our wedding day. She was yet more captivating when we celebrated ten years together. She is even more captivating now though there’s no significance in today. This is because of God who presented a captivating vision of what married life is […]

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Enjoying Home Comforts

It is good to go out and explore new places. Places of difference encourages a widening impression of the world in which we live. There is an appreciation for just how amazing our world is and what it takes to discern and adapt to those differences. There is also something about exploring different places that […]

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It’s A Long Way From …

It can happen at a random moment. It can be a significant event that triggers it. Yet you can reach a stage where you look back on the progress that you made in life. At one point you were in the home, waiting to be fed, looking to others for your daily needs and taking […]

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Dryden Shorts: Freshen Things Up

The beauty of seasons is that they are designed to never let things get stale. A time for birth, for budding, for flourishing, for fading and ending. Then new birth. Clear hints in nature and beyond that there comes a time to freshen things up. To never let things get stale. (Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash) For […]

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Death, Life and Hope

Of course it’s odd without my Dad. There was a thought, that I might have shared before, however, and that thought is this My Dad was dead before I was born. No, I’m not saying that my Dad was a shell of a man who lived like he was a zombie. I am referring to […]

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Looking to the Living

There were these two phrases that buzzed around my head, Let the dead bury the dead and Why do you seek the living among the dead? It still sounds like a very harsh statement from Jesus – let the dead bury the dead. He had called someone to follow Him and they had reasonably said […]

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Release and Renewal

We make demands. We don’t want to feel this way anymore. We don’t want to feel the burden. We don’t want to feel the strain. We find it an overwhelming weight at times. Sometimes it even shows in those moments when we let slip the personal agony in a wince or yelp. We don’t want […]

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The Great and the Good

That’s great. It is one of the greatest books ever written. The movie was a blockbuster sparking a franchise that accumulated millions at the box office. The world’s press acclaimed the remarkable feat of reaching the top of that mountain range under such challenging circumstances. That’s great. That’s good. He remained faithful to his wife […]

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