Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers. How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father. (Genesis 44:33-34) It’s […]
Read More Genesis: 44 – Judah’s JourneyIt is said that the only thing constant is change. Recent events have helped me realise there is much to be said about change. The more I know about people, the more I realise I need to grow in heart and spirit to productively engage with them. What I know about someone yesterday won’t be […]
Read More A Brief Word On The Inevitability Of ChangeIt’s complicated. I love that phrase. An excellent cop out from explaining yourself. After all it could very well be complicated. In terms of how things are going with the Dryden Family in many ways it’s not complicated. In some ways, however, it is. We have moved. Yes. Again. I have been blogging since 2005, […]
Read More A Dryden Update: What Is Going On Now?Rome wasn’t built in a day. Apparently neither was Solomon’s temple built for the Lord God of Israel. There are some real precious verses in scriptures. The fact that it took seven years to build the great monument says much. It says that the best things come to those who wait. This is hugely reassuring […]
Read More Considering A Work In ProgressI woke up really early one morning. A group of us were going (well actually cruising) through Paul’s letters to the church in Corinth. I read 2 Corinthians 3 and was struck by this verse. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from […]
Read More Not As It IsRecently I was reminded that the basis of good living is to know it, live it and teach others to do the same. Reflecting on any progress I’ve made in life, I’ve noticed these have tended to take place when I’m in the company of others who mean to progress. As they live it and […]
Read More Know It Live ItYou want to know something? It is so refreshing to have long held convictions challenged in the light of Jesus in scripture and be found to be misguided on those convictions and then gracefully corrected. The role of women, the importance of full-time ministers and having your own building used to be such a big […]
Read More How Things Change: A Warning Against DogmaI just could not do it any more. One of my (many) problems is that I am not really the confrontational type. I can be brusque and up front and blunt when I want to be, and I’ve been informed that I can appear somewhat intimidating at times, though I put that down to the […]
Read More Compassion or ComplacencyH&S Risk Assessment for Sometown Church I am pleased to report that Sometown Church (SC) operates in a very safety-first conscious manner. All potential hazards such as people getting harmed by real nitty-gritty contact with that lives of others in the facility or beyond is minimised through the strictly observed and standardised routine of service. […]
Read More Sometown Church – Health & Safety Inspection ReportAs you might have gathered if you’ve read some of these entries over the years, the Dryden family has moved around a bit in the last seven years or so. It was certainly not by design, it is just the way things have happened. What moving around does, however, is that it brings you across […]
Read More Growing and Changing and Relationships in the Past and Now
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