Dryden Shorts – Hope Rises

“It won’t end like this will it?” “Did I tell you this is how it all ends? Did I say this is what you can look forward to?” “So it won’t end like this?” “Look again, my child. Remind yourself of what I have said and take heart. Be encouraged and let your hope rise […]

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Uproot, Get Rid, Start Afresh

There was something about how it was coming together. Some areas looked really good, but he couldn’t get away from the fact that other areas just looked … shabby. What was springing up in those areas was not what he was expecting at all. Something had to be done. It was not going to be […]

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A Wonderful Light

One of my favourite jokes is the warning a fellow gave to another to be careful of the light at the end of the tunnel as it could be the light belonging to an oncoming train. Light for some is not always a good thing. It can be blinding, its brightness can be overbearing and […]

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What Reward?

If you open box A you win the special star prize. If you open box B you get the booby prize. Booby prize. Back in the day I took that phrase for what it meant – this is the worst ‘prize’ you could attain. You didn’t want the booby prize. It was so bad that […]

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At The Start – At The End

There are different thigns to like about races. My friend is doing a triathlon and when he talks about the training he does for it, I am in awe of him. I am also in awe of his wife and daughter. They are there for him at the start of the race and they are […]

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All For The Prize

Something that helps in times of trouble, is to know why you’re going through. You’re not going through to survive. What is survival anyway? There are greater things at stake than survival. You’re not going through to just learn some lessons and whatever doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger, useful though that may be. […]

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He Did Say We’re Going Across

‘On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” ‘ Mark 4:35 Hindsight really is a wonderful thing. One of the things about hindsight, though, is seeing where the clues where there to ensure we didn’t have to go through with that degree of anxiety […]

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