At first the effort is made to make you feel welcome. There are conversations, your contact details are taken and sure enough not long after that you get a message asking how you are. When you return there’s the recognition and the same welcoming attitude as there was initially. Once more your welfare will be […]
Read More What Will You Be Welcomed To?There is definitely a place for routine and rhythm. Couldn’t really do without it. There’s a little bit of a problem though if those rhythms and routines become the only way by which life operates. We start at 11am and have always started at that time. We couldn’t possibly consider changing that. We usually have […]
Read More A Little Bit UnconventionalTimes must change and so do we. The nights are a good indicator. The days seemed to go on forever. From the dawn to the dusk was hours and hours of relentless light. It was such the norm that the days and weeks that elapsed made the whole time appear like a very long. So […]
Read More About The Season’s EndHe took me out for a walk. We had gone out for walks before and each one seemed to be longer than the previous one. It didn’t matter at the time, because the walks themselves were great opportunities to connect. He would share what was going on in my life and he gave me a […]
Read More Year Ten – Celebrating Progress: Keep On WalkingRecently I took out an A5 sheet of lined paper and started writing. What I wrote on it was an outline of the journey I have taken in life thus far. It was just broad-strokes from season to season. One particular aspect of that which proved to be very interesting was looking at the setbacks. […]
Read More The Journey to ThereWhat keeps me going among other than is what I am going towards. It’s like no matter how many times I read or hear of being a new creation in Christ and the old passed away and the new has come and the new heavens and earth and the New Jerusalem – the newness of […]
Read More … To The NewThe old way wasn’t working. On the contrary, it was counterproductive in every way. What was supposed to be a help turned out to be a massive hindrance. Suffocating and stifling any hope of life, love and joy. Something had to be done. The invitation was given to go the new way. That invitation was […]
Read More From the Old …For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Journeyman Journal: ContinuityFor the longest time, I’ve had a feeling that’s been gnawing away at me. The feeling that the conventional approach to life is largely unsatisfying. By that I am referring to the idea that life revolves around getting a job, getting a wife, getting money, getting on the property ladder, getting a motor, getting regular […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: A Gnawing Feeling About A Change Of Direction …Recently I reflected on the role of walking with my Dad. In it I referred to how my brother and I would often walk with him when he went for his walks. Looking on that in the light of life today got me thinking about the beauty of praying together. It never fails to amaze […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Pursuing in Prayer Together
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