Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Proverbs 13:20 The proverbs are so rich with truth and meaning that connects with real episodes that prove it to be true. In coming across this particular proverb is reminded me of the story of Jack. He grew up in […]
Read More MTP13 The Company You KeepWe make some big decisions in life, but usually those decisions come one at a time, in my case though quite a number happened at the same time. Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four of this series can be accessed through clicking the links and explain aspects of the move. I addressed […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 5Recently I made some traumatic decisions that are set to change the very way I do life. This series of interviews has been an opportunity to get closer into some of the mechanics behind these decisions and their consequences. Part One, Part Two and Part Three of this series can be accessed through clicking the […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 4Here’s the third entry into why the Dryden Family has moved from Stoke-on-Trent. Part One covered where we are now and how we got here. Part Two looks at when we left the city and began looking at why the move took place. So the interview continues … How does the rest of your family […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 3So we carry on the interview with meself from the last entry that explored where I am and how I got here. The point of this series of posts is to help uncover some of the issues behind the latest developments with me and the Stoke-on-Trent deal.. When Did You Leave Stoke-on-Trent? Good question. There’s […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 2I’m not sure if I properly addressed all in one go the developments from being a resident of Stoke-on-Trent working for the North Staffs YMCA and being a member of the Stoke-on-Trent Church of God (Seventh Day) to the current position. I know I’ve blogged on it intermittently, but I thought it might work if […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 1To keep you aware, some of the posts I do have been pre-scheduled sometimes days in advance. Some of them are worked on during the day in a nice neat Word file (OK OpenOffice Writer now) then put up on here. Sometimes however, it’s just good to freestyle blog, almost as if there doesn’t have […]
Read More Just Free-StylingSo it’s all well and good blogging on this, that and the other – but how am I? How’s the family? What’s going on? Good questions, good questions. Almost like Bruce’s ‘Good game, good game’. Well it’s not news now … well not to me anyway … but we have been in Little Hulton for […]
Read More Family Fortunes February UpdateI’ve been outlining where I go from here and did so on the basis that God is one who gives direction and to receive it requires humility and excitement in the knowledge that life isn’t aimless and pure drudgery. In the last entry I also shared some of my hopes about where my writing goes from here […]
Read More Where Do I Go From Here? Beyond TextSo yesterday gave the basis of how important it is to realise that whatever happens in life, it is important not to be presumptuous but likewise to seek guidance and direction in knowing there is somewhere I’m meant to be going. This brings me back to the issue of where I am now, where do I […]
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