I like to use this blog to share some personal information about what goes on in my life, but you just need to read a broad selection of entries to know I don’t get real personal too often. This blog won’t be an accurate or informed diary of the life and times of Christopher Dryden, […]
Read More YIR15 – 09 – Tough TimesThere is truth. What that truth is makes for fascinating exploration. As that takes place people chip in with their findings and the consequences of that to life. Some perspectives may differ and because they differ some find them contradictory, but a closer inspection uncovers the deeper reality that rather than contradictory, they can at […]
Read More PerspectivesLife can get so overwhelming that from day to day it can appear just a burden. The mistakes of yesterday, those flaws that were displayed, the hurt caused. As well as problems that were not of your own making still to be resolved. Responsibilities in these circumstances just comes across so overbearing. I am so […]
Read More Thank God for … OpportunitiesThe worse thing is – they mean well. You know what I mean. Those people with annoying, irritating aspects of character but aren’t deliberately being so. They don’t mean it, but it’s there. The worse thing is – they mean well. What helps tremendously in engaging with these aspects is recognising some annoying and irritating […]
Read More Altering Awkward ApproachesIt’s been a while since I posted a book review, but I believe it’s been well worth the wait when it comes to this beauty. Tom Hillingthwaite a hapless man who is sent by an evangelical agency called Jesus4All (formerly the Turn or Burn Coalition) to leave his life in a safe place and go into […]
Read More Book Review: The Unfortunate Adventures of Tom Hillingthwaite by Andy KindShe gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” (Genesis 16:13) Why I love the episodes in scripture is that they are real. When I say real. I appreciate that people don’t often make a […]
Read More Genesis: 16 – What Happens When You Make Alternative ArrangementsBut now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed. Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; […]
Read More Acts Actually: 27 – Faith For The StormPeople have accused Christianity of being a crutch. I can understand that argument. Sometimes expressions of Christianity have condoned evil in society. Sometimes expressions of Christianity has accepted evil among its own leaving people hurt. Sometimes expressions of Christianity have actively endorsed systems, institutions and political structures that are inhumane. The thing about these expressions […]
Read More Ten Things In The Bible That Challenge MeThank God for arachnophobia. You will nite from time to time I use the term,’my friend’. It’s worth me pointing out, these incidents don’t happen to the same person. I do have more than one friend. Honest. They may not know it or even agree to it, but that’s not my problem. In any case, […]
Read More A Story On How Bad Turns To GoodA few of us are going through the book of Romans. Yeah. That’s right. Thanks for your prayers. In going through this letter from Paul, I am caught up with the beautiful outline of the love God expresses for us. A love that reconciles and a love that saves. How great the Father’s love for […]
Read More An Acknowledgement Of Great Truth: God’s Great Grace
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