September is a special month in the year for me anyway. My parents celebrate their wedding anniversary. My Dad celebrates a big birthday this year. My sister also has her birthday on this month. This then kicks off the birthday season that sees my brother have his brother next month, I get a birthday the […]
Read More September Sojourn – An Opening WordBrilliant song. Love it. Enjoy. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More DMCD Song – Finders Keepers by The WinansFor those expecting a biblical exploration of the woman who was married to an idiot and helped stop David from killing her idiot husband, before going on to marry David herself when the idiot husband keeled over anyway … this is not it. (Great story though. As in, I love reading the episode. It’s good […]
Read More What Abigail Teaches Me About Following JesusThere are thoughts that I have that irritate me. They do so, because they just refuse to leave me still. One of the questions that bug me, is reading the book of Acts, as you may recall I’ve been doing of late, the question keeps cropping up to me, what would life be like if […]
Read More About Church AgainI have no idea at present what the Beach Boys song was called. I also have no intention presently to simply google it. (Blogging by phone does that to me.) I do know that the song had the words “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”. At this juncture it’s important for me to note my mild hatred […]
Read More Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Acts and Life in the SpiritFollowing Jesus is a challenging pursuit, but it is so worthwhile. I am convinced it is one that was never designed to be taken as a solo journey. Think about it. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Following Jesus On My Own?A few years ago we were studying the Beatitudes. One my favourites remains the one that goes blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God. I was sitting listening to a conversation take place, and that very verse came to mind. In relationships, in times of contention, what do we […]
Read More What Makes For PeaceMy friend had told me his greatest times of intimacy with Christ was when he learnt to live by trusting and resting in Him. When I heard my friend say it, the words had such a big impact on me. I remember telling my wife, and raving on about it for days and weeks. Until […]
Read More Crushed By The Simplicity Of Trusting JesusJesus, Jesus, how I trust Him How I proved Him, o’er and o’er Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus Oh for grace to trust Him more (Words by Louisa M. R. Stead) Back Then I thought I knew what hatred was. My passion back then was football and as a Liverpool fan the enemy were Manchester United. […]
Read More Anger, Hatred and GraceRelationships are interesting. Nothing beats a good relationship. There are different elements to relationships, and I believe there are different stages of relationships, based on me brief time on the earth. While I was working through some personal issues in the transition from Bletchley to Derby, I started thinking about stages of relationships. A few […]
Read More Discipleship – Learning To Live The Love Life
