Times change and so do people. You may not move location, but you certainly move in the dynamic of relationships.There are times when you move so far that you get to a point where you wonder if you have gone too far. It’s not that you’ve gone too far, though, it’s just that you’ve moved […]
Read More When You Never Forget The Good TimesWe make mistakes and when we make them the chorus we refer to is ‘we’re only human’. To be human is to err, so we’re told. What I certainly don’t want to suggest is that we should beat ourselves up every time something goes wrong and we could have done something different about it. I […]
Read More Devaluing HumanityThe preacher will mention the words of Jesus, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my […]
Read More A Word About The Burdens You CarryLament. Talk about laments over in Ezekiel 19 got me really thinking about how perhaps God takes us to and through seasons of misery to truly feel the sorrow of broken creation and the yearning for the release of the sons of God to redeem it. Maybe sometimes we are too quick to jump to […]
Read More Maybe: A Word On The LamentWhen considering the investment in something of great value and weighing up how much something will cost, the least important factor is financial. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Checking The CostJust looking at Jesus Christ and there’s so much to consider. So much wisdom – negotiating the traps and pitfalls put in His way from the start of His ministry to His ascension. So much grace – to embrace those who blatantly reject Him So much … For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. […]
Read More So Much …It’s not that difficult, really. You hear enough people saying it, you see someone preach up a storm about it, someone even sings a song with the concept in it and it must be true. You don’t really have the time to check it out for yourself. Over time it sinks in enough for you […]
Read More Assuming The BibleCensorship is an interesting issue. In some political regimes it is used as a form of social control. Anything that refuses to conform to a rule of being is to be banned. Those efforts to subdue freedom of thought and expression have at times lead to an underground movement of thought and expression that often highlight […]
Read More Living The Life UncensoredA wise man once told me that to understand things, sometimes you need to leave the area and reflect from a distance to get a wider perspective. Sometimes we’re so deep into the situation that our judgment is clouded by how close we are. Sometimes it’s good to take the hint and take a walk. […]
Read More Wider PerspectivesI am grateful for the variety of experiences that come in life. There are on the height of a mountain experiences. The sheer exhilaration of accomplishing a goal and looking at how vast the land of life looks from that perspective is brilliant. It’s a great position to get the degree of intimacy in the […]
Read More Mountains, Plains and Valleys
