Last blog out I was railing against Summer and the dreaded months of June and July. Well. Those days are done for another year. Thank God for that. Now, despite the usual blistering Summer sun in August, we know we have gone beyond the year’s turning point. We will see days slowly get shorter. Football […]
Read More Anticipating in AugustDespite my best efforts, the technological issues continue to dog me efforts at regular blogging, althought to be fair, there have been other pressures on time that has made it harder to continue as I would have liked. Yet here I am again taking advantage of this window of opportunity to post something on what’s […]
Read More What To Do With Summer Days …For those expecting a biblical exploration of the woman who was married to an idiot and helped stop David from killing her idiot husband, before going on to marry David herself when the idiot husband keeled over anyway … this is not it. (Great story though. As in, I love reading the episode. It’s good […]
Read More What Abigail Teaches Me About Following JesusThere are thoughts that I have that irritate me. They do so, because they just refuse to leave me still. One of the questions that bug me, is reading the book of Acts, as you may recall I’ve been doing of late, the question keeps cropping up to me, what would life be like if […]
Read More About Church AgainI have no idea at present what the Beach Boys song was called. I also have no intention presently to simply google it. (Blogging by phone does that to me.) I do know that the song had the words “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”. At this juncture it’s important for me to note my mild hatred […]
Read More Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Acts and Life in the Spirit23rd May. Wow, it’s been a while hasn’t it. Those of you of that persuasion may have noted that I’ve been tweeting, and occasionally looking at Facebook, but no blogging. A good question to ask, is what’s up with that? Been a busy month for me. A very busy month indeed including Another house move […]
Read More Ahhh Back To BloggingFollowing Jesus is a challenging pursuit, but it is so worthwhile. I am convinced it is one that was never designed to be taken as a solo journey. Think about it. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Following Jesus On My Own?A few years ago we were studying the Beatitudes. One my favourites remains the one that goes blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God. I was sitting listening to a conversation take place, and that very verse came to mind. In relationships, in times of contention, what do we […]
Read More What Makes For PeaceMy friend had told me his greatest times of intimacy with Christ was when he learnt to live by trusting and resting in Him. When I heard my friend say it, the words had such a big impact on me. I remember telling my wife, and raving on about it for days and weeks. Until […]
Read More Crushed By The Simplicity Of Trusting JesusJesus, Jesus, how I trust Him How I proved Him, o’er and o’er Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus Oh for grace to trust Him more (Words by Louisa M. R. Stead) Back Then I thought I knew what hatred was. My passion back then was football and as a Liverpool fan the enemy were Manchester United. […]
Read More Anger, Hatred and Grace
