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 […]
Read More Enjoying Home ComfortsIt 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 […]
Read More It’s A Long Way From …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 […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Freshen Things UpOf 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 […]
Read More Death, Life and HopeOne of the worst parts of a failed relationship is when it’s down to trust being broken. It might look cool to appear non-committal and wait for others to make a move before you think of making one, but actually beyond that hard surface there is something that finds being free to make steps and […]
Read More Relationships You Can Put Your Trust InThere’s the story told of a sick man who was brought into the presence of Jesus. He has four friends who can carry him up to the roof and tear off what needs to be torn and then they can lower their friend so he’s in the prime position to get the attention of the […]
Read More Corners CoveredThere 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 […]
Read More Looking to the LivingWe 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 […]
Read More Release and RenewalThat’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 […]
Read More The Great and the GoodIdentity and belonging. Skin colour, ethnicity, local culture, peer group, leisure activities, religious settings, political persuasions, ideological motivations. They can all help us discover where we belong. But is that where we belong? (Photo by Mink Mingle on Unsplash) For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
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