Some things change. Some things stay the same. I have been full of ideas since I can remember. Not many have come off, but that hasn’t deterred me from getting more and more ideas. As I get older I am aware that it’s good to establish things that will last. It’s good to start ideas […]
Read More Pastoral Care Beyond Church WallsSo I was thinking about being a peacemaker, again. I was particularly thinking about it in the light of the relational struggles that make the need to make peace more apparent. For example when the ingredients for a resentment meal present themselves. You may be familiar with these ingredients. 1 tablespoon of an innocuous incident […]
Read More Refusing To Eat Resentment CakeBut while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favour in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden […]
Read More Genesis: 39 – However Bad It Gets, When God Is With You …What I love about blogging is my ability to say some very random things. I love it. For example, in this blog entry I will link my parents, Quantum Leap, Abraham and what I got up to on a Wednesday night. I was sitting in an office just reflecting on some notes that I made […]
Read More Closer HomeAs you might have gathered from last week, the biggest lesson I learn from last month was the importance of being a peacemaker. Peace has been a big deal for me for a long time, but it’s fair to say I lost focus for a while. A friend came and visited me in the middle […]
Read More January Lessons: Learning To Be A PeacemakerThen the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” […]
Read More Genesis: 32 – Jacob the Fearful, Jacob the FearlessHello, my name is Christopher Dryden, I am a peacemaker. I am also a father of three daughters. The youngest daughter is named Zoe (there should be two dots over the e, but nevertheless). This April she will turn five years old and it’s already a good time to reflect on why she was so […]
Read More What Makes Peace? 2 – EnthusiasmWe are given to extremes. A good friend of mine informed me of one perspective on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Here the taking of the tree exposed us to the full breadth of the extremes of good and evil. Rather than depending on God for all things, left to our own […]
Read More Order and SpontaneityThis blog comes to you from a hotel room in a place called Redditch. I have never been to Redditch before. I have not done a tour of the town and I am unlikely to do so before I return home, God willing. The little that I have seen of it is very pleasant. They […]
Read More Enlarging The FamilyYou’re aware of that feeling some have when they are a child. That feeling that says life will be so much better as soon as they grow up and can do what grown ups do. You’re also aware of that feeling that parents get seeing their children play around with little to no responsibilities and […]
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