(Whistling nonchalantly as if he has something very important to say.) Me? Anything, happening? Me? Oh nothing to report. Today. (Whistling nonchalantly with a smirk on his face as if he has something important to say … but is keeping it to himself … for today.) For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
Read More Anything Happening, Christopher?The Dryden family have visited the other Dryden family in Milton Keynes over the weekend. We needed to stop over to come back to Little Hulton last night. So that’s a weekend and a Monday and it’s not the first time we’ve done that, but there was definitely something different about this visit. Quite a […]
Read More All DisorientedI was just informed by my sister recently that my Aunt Nalda has died. She was suffering for quite a while so in one sense it’s the end of the suffering, on the other hand though, more importantly, someone in the family has died. My mum’s sister has died. Life is for the living. Life […]
Read More For The Living – In Times Of ConsolationNot going to be long with you at all just putting in a post thanking God for taking me through the first half of the year. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of a year – January – Finishing work in Stoke and getting used to life without Stoke-on-Trent February – Wilderness time out of work […]
Read More It’s A Year Of Two Halves – A Word Of Thanksgiving On The First HalfI just spent the evening in the company of my wife whilst watching Japan take on and comfortably beat Denmark in their last group match in World Cup 2010. I love watching football with Authrine anyway, but there was something about the match today which took her to a whole other level of engagement with […]
Read More It’s Good To Talk – It’s Good To Tweet – It’s Good To TextEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. (James 1:17) I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, that growing up we as a family never bought into the whole ‘special days of celebration’ deal other than for […]
Read More Father GodToday is the seventh year wedding anniversary of the marriage of Authrine Elizabeth Burton and Christopher Luketon John Dryden. That marriage has been based on a love supreme. (So why didn’t I put that track on, eh? Wait for it.) that love is one that goes beyond affection and domestic bliss. It has lead to […]
Read More Charge It To My Head – CommissionedThe whole responsibility thing, isn’t all bad. I say that, because often the word responsibility doesn’t elicit shouts of joy and acclaim. Yet there are some real benefits to taking responsibilities seriously – some joyful benefits at that. I was reflecting on that today as I went about the domestic chores and family duties that […]
Read More On Personal ResolutionsDon’t worry if you’re not into football. this is not a big footbally blog. It’s not going to be a blog entry of any significant size anyway, because I’ve got some ‘family ministry’ to do. I’ve been banging on a bit about family life and one element that has been interesting in my family fortunes […]
Read More The Role Of Football In The Dryden FamilyYeah there’s the Jesus stuff which is very important to me. There is the church stuff, which is also very important. There are the ideas that knock around my head on other issues to talk about (for example I’m thinking about a series on All My Working Life). Yet from time to time it’s just […]
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