With A Sister Like Ruth

Today I was thinking about what it is to be blessed.  Some people would look at the list of good stuff going for me and think I’m lucky.  A loving, loyal and devoted wife, three beautiful, healthy and intelligent girls, a roof over my head, a fair-paying job using the best of my skills, modern […]

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To My Dad

Quite a bit to say in the blog at this time, but what I want to start off with is a big thank you to God.  On the one hand, I really did miss regular blogging and internet activity and me own laptop.  I liked the level of regularity I’d built up over the months […]

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Abby Birthday

Abigail Elizabeth Danielle Dryden. The initials were deliberately set to be a constant reminder of the most beautiful woman in the world.  Thank God so far Abigail herself has been such a tremendous blessing in our lives that she will undoubtedly be recognised as the most beautiful woman in someone else’s world. It was 3:27am […]

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For My Mum

What kind of son am I?  Not a good one, evidently.  Here we have the nerve centre for the online thinking and blogging on everything to do with the life of Christopher Dryden  There are blogs regaling my brother, there are blogs regaling my sister, there are blogs regaling my father, there are blogs regaling […]

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Deborah’s First Birthday

Luke 9:23-26, 57-62; 14:25-35 These are two scriptures that came to me yesterday while I was in a men’s meeting. It’s the first time I’ve been to something like that and it was a truly incredible experience. Just to have an opportunity to share and be real with other men was truly terrific. Well the […]

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