A life. A relationship. A family. A project. A community. A business. These things and more are built. How they are built tends to determine whether they will succeed or collapse in abject failure. Success in building tends to come from knowing what success looks like and who can orchestrate andevelop it based on an […]
Read More Dryden Links: Who’s Doing The Building?This is part of an ongoing blog conversation with my brother, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: David gave a considered response to the issue of if humanity was corrupt and irredeemable. His basis for the answer should be very telling indeed for anyone looking for some idea of the nature of humanity. He […]
Read More ADBC: 06 – On the Purpose of Life and Loving The Sinner, Not The SinIt looks tough from where you are. And He is with you. It looks grim from where you are. And He is with you. It looks an opportunity for growth from where He is, but are you with Him? It looks like a chance for Him to be glorified, but are you with Him? He […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: From His PerspectiveApparently a few cars back there was an incident featuring a couple of drivers possibly having a squabble that might have been serious. That was a few cars back though. Yet in the car we were in, it was a great drama. The driver jumped out of her skin and a great fuss was raised […]
Read More It’s Not Your DramaI established the premise of the blog conversation I’m having with my brother right here. David responded to the two questions I asked on his blog and you can read those responses in full by clicking this link. I will engage with the issues David raised with some minimal quotes from his post, but it’s […]
Read More ADBC: 02 – Rights and The Music in my MindYou ever thought that you could do with an upgrade? Some puruse that in a bid to keep up with everyone else who has the latest model. Others, however, are far more concerned with recognising that to complete their necessary operations and to flourish, they cannot stay where they are. God blessed me with three […]
Read More Time for an UpgradeThere are few things in life as wonderful, refreshing and invigorating as seeing someone do something to an excellent standard. It is sad that often, for a wide range of reasons, we are somewhat cultured to accept that which is less than excellent, so that the excellent is soething of a rarity. It’s sad, because […]
Read More About That Quote: On ExcellenceMy brother David and I have been conversing about a wide range of issues for a few decades. He blogs over there and I blog right here. There are things that he blogs about that I find fascinating and I’m aware that he enjoys a few of the blogs that I’ve posted from time to […]
Read More A Dryden Blog Conversation (ADBC): 01 – OpeningLimitless. People would love it somethings were limitless. What’s often forget is that it may be limitless, but they are not. They are limited. It’s one thing, however, to recognise that you are limited and it’s a differnt thing when others look to be limiting. Especially limiting you to never achieve what could be limitless. […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: Limited and LimitingOffice work is fascinating. There is the work to complete. There are the positions to be filled. There is the ladder of the organisation. There is office politics. There is the adaptation process required to understand and thrive in all of that. When I first worked in an office, I was blessed to have someone […]
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