I often put in a gospel song in this slot and I’m happy to keep that going, but from time to time I do com across some other clips that are very interesting from my faith perspective. With my love and interest in matters of the church this clip offers dome food for thought. For […]
Read More Church FamilyI 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 HalfSo I’ve talked before about hard work being lazy – do you know what effort goes into doing your best to do little or nothing? Not saying that I’m lazy, but I’ve been accused of it, and now I work with more people who accused of the same and in reality there’s a great deal […]
Read More Hard Work This Resting GigDon’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 FamilyFinally we complete the mini-series that I’ve been writing about the family and my developing understanding of the this crucial foundation of society. It would be useful to summarise how I came to this point with a couple of dating scenarios. In January 1990 I was a 12 year old boy whose concept of family […]
Read More Consider Yourself One Of The Family – Where I Am NowRecently I was writing about the kind of environment conducive to genuine praise and genuine community engagement in the light of the ‘spiritual covering’ practice. Read it for yourself by clicking for part one and part two. One aspect of the argument was about how we’re more likely to be ourselves when we’re at home. […]
Read More Consider Yourself … A PreambleSo much to say about this beautiful video – how does he do it? By the grace of God. Just check it for yourself, quality stuff right here. For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
Read More Getting It Straight with Marvin Winans … and Sweet Hour of PrayerI cruised through a lot of my life as I may have mentioned before. I didn’t feel the need to be motivated to achieve much as I felt I already had it in me to complete whatever task assigned to me by just exercising my natural talents and abilities. This worked a great deal for […]
Read More HATAR – Fast Reflections – Busy Doing My HomeworkSo if I’m going through some challenges in the most important earthly relationship in my life, I know what to do now. For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
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