The letter from John to the church is not a mushy, sentimental piece of prose. The love spoken of in this chapter is intrinsically connected with behaviour – what we do. That behaviour is connected with who we are primarily connected to – that is relational. We have two options. We can be connected to […]
Read More The Love Letter of John: 2 – Who Do You Love?It helps keep me humble to remember my longsuffering wife. Aiding me in that task is considering the many failings and faults that I have committed against her and my regular routine of self-deprecatory comments I make in training sessions about the kind of man Mrs Dryden has to live with. I know I am […]
Read More Ten Qualities Of A Good HusbandThese are not the ten best things necessarily and they certainly are not in order, but these are some of the things that bring a big grin on my face thinking about the privilege I have being married to Authrine. 1. Watching her watch a television programme The way she gets engrossed in it, the […]
Read More Ten Things I Love About Being Married To AuthrineYou need some time on your own. That’s fine. Sometimes, though, the desire for privacy is a cover for something else. A cover for an inability to relate to others. A cover for a desire to protect a broken heart. Broken by so many relationships that went awry. So as to ensure that won’t happen […]
Read More Solid September Sale: Kissing Loneliness Goodbye In God’s FamilyJames. What a fella. A few of us are going through his letter. It’s proving to be quite the provocative read. In one part James really lets rip on the attitude in gatherings of treating the rich, well dressed types like they’re special whilst shunning the poor. His charge against the gathering is that they […]
Read More Solid September Signing: God Based Faith Love Worked OutJesus loves you. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More A Simple Response To Those Who Mock ChristianityI am blessed with amazing friends who elicit the most amazing things from me because of them. One of the most touching things that my wife shares with me, is that she has never told anyone else she loves them as much as she tells me. What is all the more profound is how often […]
Read More A Delight: His Word Hid In My HeartChurch is family. When I was a child growing up in Wellingborough, my Dad was the deacon of the church we attended. It was a small church. There was the Elder and my Dad the deacon and a few other members besides. As far as my memory serves, the Elder and my Dad had a […]
Read More A Note Of Gratitude For The Family LoveWe were seated in a semi circle enjoying the summer breeze in the evening. The conversation got round to what happens when the children grow up and have lifestyles that go against the values with which they were brought up. It was fascinating listening to the various views on what we do when our hearts […]
Read More A Reflection On The Prodigal Son: Bungee JumpingNotes from a conversation with a very important friend of mine inspire this blog entry. (Thank you, Lorna.) You ever been shifty? By shifty I mean behaviour suggesting underhand activities and motives. I have been shifty on a number of occasions. I was watching an episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Nichols is chasing […]
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