(Big thanks to Kathleen over at the remarkable and outstanding Church in a Circle blog. Her entry on The Burden of One was the inspiration for this blog entry. Go over and check out the entry and the rest of the good material on the site.) More than ever before, I am convinced that for […]
Read More The Work of The Ministry: It Takes A TeamMusic, eh. Maybe there’s too much music in my household. Maybe there was too much when I was brought up by my parents. Perhaps I was conditioned to music from hearing it at home, and then singing with others at least twice a week at church, and then getting tons more music via first my […]
Read More Those Song Words – Oh Come …On the surface it certainly is a compelling reason to take on board a church as being serious about what it’s about. We are a Bible believing church. Well that’s it then. Case closed. No arguments from anyone. Oh but wait. What on earth is meant by that? It’s in the Bible – so what? […]
Read More My Problem With Bible Believing ChurchesIt occurred to me the other day to consider what it was to be Christopher Dryden and there were some things that sprang to mind that was worth noting. (Oh and remember, it is Christopher, not ‘Chris’ that geezer died almost 3 years ago.) Being Christopher Dryden is – A follower of Jesus Christ still […]
Read More Being Christopher DrydenToday marks the end of another eventful chapter in the life and times of Christopher Dryden and the Dryden Family. This post has been written a few hours in advance. By this time we should be well on the way to completing the packing of the removal van and our own vehicle as we close […]
Read More Thank You God For BletchleyI am very eager to see change. Change in myself, change in my loved ones, change in those who belong to the Body of Christ and change in those yet to become a part. I am very eager indeed to witness this change. I appreciate such a change is never straightforward and all that easy. […]
Read More Leave It To JesusI don’t think it’s any coincidence that Alicia Keys and Alan Knox have the same initials. Far be it from me to suggest that Knox in his spare time is be found being an innovator in the R’n’B world (and also the opposite gender). It is my contention, however, that some of the things that […]
Read More Alan Knox – This Man Is On FireA friend said that good people are hard to find. Once they’re found it’s important to nourish that relationship. It’s not as though adversity was unusual before Bletchley, or that adversity in Bletchley was that much more overwhelming than on previous occasions. It’s just that the importance of good friends emerged even greater than before […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: Adversity Helps You Know Your Real FriendsOK, this honesty thing might get me in trouble, but I’m going ahead anyway. There are some things in the Bible and in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ that I run away from. Not overtly. Oh no, I’m far too savvy for that. I do my running discreetly. Call me the Discreet Runner. […]
Read More Giving Up: Sometimes the Hardest Thing To Do Is The Most ImportantThere is a danger in expecting the miraculous every time. Likewise in believing the mundane is all there is. Getting to Bletchley was a miracle. Some days in Bletchley appeared routine and mundane. Yet again however God proved to be just as present and important in both. The ongoing life of faith is one about […]
Read More Bletchley Lessons: The Miraculous and Mundane Are Important
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