There is something good in taking the credit for a job well done. It is good to be recognised and acknolwedged. As well as that though, there’s something in the ego that feels really good about being the centre of attention just for a moment. Sure there are those self-effacing types who find it hard […]
Read More The Marks: 04 Take Delight in Giving HonourThere is good news worth sharing. What makes it good news is not just what it does for me in a personal way. What makes it good news is more than just what I get out of it, or what you get out of it. The good news worth sharing gets to the heart of […]
Read More What’s The News? (TMIM #02)The series starts off slowly. Introducing you to the key characters and the main thrust of the story. Once those aspects are set up, then it kicks into high gear with the twists and turns required to make the whole thing dramatic and fascinating. The challenge, however, is to bring all the strands together to […]
Read More When The Story Lands WellWhere the first one is better than the second one. It’s tough because what made the first one so good is etched in the minds of those who enjoyed it. You have to do something really special to make the sequel that much better. On the surface that appears really hard. What helps to achieve […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: When The Sequel Is Better …There are different kinds of love. One of them that is not often pursued – but is actively encouraged – is the kind of love that marks out siblings. If we look in scripture for expressions of this sibling love, we might struggle initially. Cain and Abel were not the best reference points for this. […]
Read More The Marks: 03 Brotherly AffectionThere is a tone of voice my parents had that gave the game away. My Mum in particular couldn’t hide it if she had something very positive to say. Growing up, good news was usually about treats. This is why Thursday was the best day of the week. That was the day when we would […]
Read More The Message in March (TMIM): IntroductionHello. My name is Christopher. I am the one who puts words on this blog. Most of the time. Among other things, I love food in good company. I am thankful for February because there were a lot of highlights of enjoying food in good company. A lot of the time, though, that food was […]
Read More Dryden Update: Fellowship, Feasts and Going Forward from FebruaryAbhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Romans 12:9 Words. I love them. They do a wide variety of things to me. And when it comes to words I don’t use often, there is something in me that wants to find out about those words. For example, consider this word ‘abhor’. Now […]
Read More The Marks: 02 Hate What’s Evil; Cling To GoodFellowship is a Christian-ese kind of word that is banded about and applied to all types of gatherings from quiz nights to youth meetings to formal worship services but all too often the true essence of fellowship is missed. The fellowship of believers gives us a picture of God. We are all unique, yet made […]
Read More Eden Weekly #05: The Joy of FellowshipThere are the ingredients. There are the measurements. There is the equipment. There are instructions. The dangers are to ignore the instructions, neglect the measurements, misuse the equipment and forget the ingredients. Those dangers range from sloppy and shocking food preparation to potential food poisoning. It is certainly not the recipe for a great culinary […]
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