In My Distress, In My Brokenness

The news was heartbreaking. I was devastated. Maybe it was the accumulative effect of one issue after the other. But to get that piece of news was simply crushing. The swirl of emotions was intense. Anger, outrage, pain, grief like I had rarely felt before in my life. No one had died physically, but this […]

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Conforming to Conflict

I had a conversation with my first-born and from it I invited her to share what she had to say. The following is given exactly as she expressed it with no editing on my part. I submit this for your consideration. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden   As the oldest daughter, […]

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Bringing Me To Tears

I wrote an email to a friend today. Back in the day I was encouraged to write letters.  It was the time when there was this thing called penpals where you could befriend people from different countries by the power of the letter.  I remember starting that. I remember not continuing it after long, because […]

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Psalm 142

The Psalms are usually set to music and we don’t have the music notes to hand, which is why I love it when people actually do that themselves, especially when it works like a treat.  In preparation for my brother’s birthday tomorrow, it’s definitely worth taking this in – to me it is a remarkably […]

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