Deborah Dryden, my firstborn, is 6 years old today. Birthdays are a great time to celebrate God’s goodness in life and act as a milestone to measure just how far we’ve come and how to still make it is a tribute to God’s grace. For example I was reflecting the other day how gospel legend […]
Read More Deborah At SixI am surrounded by amazing people. Just when I get all introspective and think that I’m going through this life thing on my own, God reminds me of some crucial people in my circle of influence without whom I wouldn’t even be in the privileged position of being able to mope around being all introspective. […]
Read More A Tribute To A Wonderful PrincessSchool plays. Did you love school plays? Even if they were just plays for your year or your class, did you like them? I liked them. I remember doing ‘There’s A Hole In My Bucket’ at Infant School – but that is a vague recollection of my first performance. I remember the school plays when […]
Read More Leaving Stoke – One Year OnAs I mentioned at the start of the month there are a number of significant events and milestones that take place over this month. A dear family friend will be celebrating her birthday with us, hopefully. This week also sees the first year anniversary of our departure from living in Stoke-on-Trent. The most important event […]
Read More Happy 5th Blog BirthdayEarlier today I blogged on Jesus being the Lord of the Sabbath. I’m sure other people have different interpretations of that claim referring to the centrality of the Sabbath being based on Him or reference to the rest inferring the final rest and not the weekly observation. More renown men than I have debated the […]
Read More Sabbath ReflectionsMan, it’s been a while since I got some good stuff from Kim Burrell – what is my problem? Now excusing Kirk’s ever dramatic expression of approval you get a glimpse as to why Sis. Burrell is so highly regarded for what she offers in singing and in conveying some real gospel truths, such as […]
Read More Be Grateful – Kim BurrellDeacon Henry – a stalwart of a church in Derby died today. Death at the best of times is something to take seriously, but this one had a big impact on me. I needed somewhere to express my gratitude to God for his life and here seemed to be the best place. The years in which […]
Read More Goodbye Grandad – Tribute To My PatriarchThis is the last in a three part blog series today reviewing the state of my being as I turn 33. It obviously makes sense then that reviewing a year of three’s and how it’s been all about that number that I do a three part series. Following the look at how life has been […]
Read More The State of DMCD Address – Part ThreeCelebrating turning 33 I’ve been reflecting on what’s happened from Nov 2009 til now. It has been a year of three’s and I reflected on how that was the case with the home situation. as well as that though, there was also the issue with my work. Jobs Along the similar theme of being settled […]
Read More The State of DMCD Address – Part TwoSo you’ve got the idea that today is my birthday and later on I’ll share some more about that. For the time being, I want to put on the record how grateful I am for the friends that have helped me in this my 33rd year of existence. Unlike many years in the past, the […]
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