I am very grateful that Jesus comes from the helpless and harassed. I am also glad that He’s available for the hapless and the hopeless. When I think of who I was before I knew Him and what He’s given me in Christ – the hope – it’s a great spur to share that in […]
Read More Hope for the HopelessKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 2: The Clean Slate Initiative: ContentKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the LORD said, “I […]
Read More For 40 Days: Day 1: The Clean Slate Initiative: ContextMy hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus’ name (Edward Mote) I sang the lines to this song many times in my formative years at church. It’s a good link to Jesus’s statement at the end of His teaching […]
Read More JJ 24 #35: All Other Ground …I understand to a degree. Someone who was close and precious to you, left an indelible mark on your life and cannot be forgotten – the loss of that person is seismic. And it appears reassuring to know that beyond the dead that loved one is looking on. That the presence of that loved one […]
Read More JJ 24 #13: We Shall See Him As He IsWe were walking home. It had been a tough few days. Maybe the hope was gone. Hope was crucified. A fellow traveller wondered why we were so sad. We thought He must have lived under a rock to be ignorant of recent events. Yet as we walked with Him, our hearts were aflame as He […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: We Urged Him to StayHere’s the premise of the conversation. I didn’t get it wrong in the spelling. This is edition 25 of the Dryden Blog Conversation. For this edition, my brother and I thought we’d do something a little special and so … listen to this: The blog element of the conversation should resume next week, but if the […]
Read More ADPC: 25 – Listen To This – On Hope and About MagicPillars of wisdom on the foundation of faith in the ultimate real one. Ushering in living stones of mercy and grace cultivating environments of peace. Filled with all love and understanding, granting opportunity for vulnerability for humility as the basis for cooperation and service to provide healing and restoration. Set up so it cannot be […]
Read More Home: Lighthouse of HopeYou are not meant to stay here. Your time here is done. Take a walk with me. A walk away from this built up area with its high-rising monuments of the pathertic expressions of the power of men. A walk away from the cathedrals of consumerism that demand more than the wallets of its worshippers. […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Take A Walk With MeThe two of us were reading a part of the Bible. It wasn’t a large part at all. A couple of small paragraphs. It launched a conversation that took well over an hour. Why it took so long was the desire to enjoy the riches in those short paragraphs. T was such a stimulating conversation […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Good Basis To Move From
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