Authrine was captivating when I first met her. She was even more captivating on our wedding day. She was yet more captivating when we celebrated ten years together. She is even more captivating now though there’s no significance in today. This is because of God who presented a captivating vision of what married life is […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: A Captivating VisionWho I am flows from where I come from. My heritage shapes me. There are character traits that can be traced to the source of my being. This is why it’s important for me to know where I come from and what has shaped the context of the story that I find myself in. It’s […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Which Heritage Matters?Identity and belonging. Skin colour, ethnicity, local culture, peer group, leisure activities, religious settings, political persuasions, ideological motivations. They can all help us discover where we belong. But is that where we belong? (Photo by Mink Mingle on Unsplash) For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Dryden Shorts: Where We BelongWe’re in the car. It’s in a traffic jam. The queue is long. We will be here for a while. Some of us will get irritable and miserable. Then someone says to name things we’re thankful for. Do we have to? No you don’t, but the alternative is being miserable OK let’s start. We go […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Thanks For That As WellThere are times when I come in from work already tired from the day’s work and have to be prepared to engage with what awaits from home. It is so good to know that there is someone reliable who understands those challenges and offers me some sweet relief and energy to help me. Having someone […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: ReliableThose opening chords did it. No one was singing yet, there wasn’t even a beat. Just those opening chords and you remember the song, you remember where you were, you remember the tears, you remember the very feeling of emptiness that was acknowledged by the power of that whole song. Just those opening chords. You […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Remember That SongIt never ceases to intrigue me just how hysterical the human species can be. The way such fervour, noise and heat can be whipped up on any given subject. After all that which triggers such anxiety with people and raises so many concerns about what could and might be. So much heat, so much fervour, […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: A Lot Of Noise But …Competitive sport is based on, among other things, the capacity to discern a winner. There is something about achieving that ability to win. There are aesthetic and value-based elemets that determines some people’s approach. Yet if there’s an agreed way of seeing who the winner is and that is acheived in the remit of the […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: A Win’s A WinIn my childhood there were cafes. Those were usually fairly drab places, but there was something familiar, something that made you feel you could get what you want, sit down and enjoy, have a chat and then move on with the rest of your life. It feels like the coffee shop is something that particularly […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Coffee ShopsThe other day I was thinking about what things would I love to do all the time – as in every day. Now there are a lot of things I love doing, but I’m fairly sure I wouldn’t want to them every single day. At present, here are the four core activities I love to […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Four Core Dryden Activities
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