They told us that we were celebrating the crystal anniversary. Obviously that got me asking the question: What is a crystal? Meanwhile, what makes this anniversary particularly special is that this will be the only time we celebrate the year of our wedding on the date number. We thought about what we could do to […]
Read More Year Fifteen – What’s A Crystal?June 15th is a fairly significant date in the calendar of the Dryden Family for on this date in 2003 the union was made public and binding in a ceremony in front of witnesses. The day got me thinking of something suitable to note in reflecting on the time. Life with Authrine has taught me […]
Read More Two Sevens on Life with AuthrineIt’s not the most pleasant word in modern, enlightened, liberated, autonomous culture. In that light it’s understandable that some do all manner of contortions to make what Paul outlines in key relationships as fitting with the egalitarian way of thinking. Paul was a product of his times and so we should just appreciate this as […]
Read More Exploring Ephesians: SubmitOn Sunday 15th June 2003 Authrine and I held the wedding ceremony that expressed to the world we were committing the rest of our lives together in holy matrimony. We get this date every year to celebrate our anniversary, so we’ve done this a few times now. On this occasion, though I am truly grateful […]
Read More Anniversary Celebration: FoundationOne of the best examples of being faithful comes back to remind me about key things about what that concept is and what it is not. Being faithful is not blind complicity and subsequent conformity. She was getting victimised and bullied in church. This woman, still married and with her brood of children was being […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – FaithfulOne of the things that fascinated me about the Lennon and McCartney dynamic was that it was the first time I had heard of the concept of collaboration. (As it turned out this was a concept I should have been very familiar with because of my time at church, but that’s a different story.) Here […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – CollaborationAgain, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? (Ecclesiastes 4:11 ESV) One of the things I am reading is a book by Peter Doggett called You Never Give Me Your Money recounting the events that lead to the end of the Beatles and what happened afterwards. It’s a […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – TogetherAn excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. (Proverbs 12:4 ESV) It is good to give thanks to God for His many blessings. One of the greatest blessings He has given me is an excellent wife. I love her because she is an […]
Read More 16MTP 12 – Authrine: My CrownSome things are meant to be. Lovely cliché. It fits nothing better than marriage. It still makes me sad hearing of and witnessing the end of marriages. Two people, two different lifestyles, two cultures, two worlds merging as one. Today my wife and I celebrate 12 years of marriage. I took it for granted because […]
Read More Grateful For 12It was Sunday 15th June 2003. I was dressed for the part. I made it to the church on time. I was nervous. It was the first time I had been the groom at the wedding. I didn’t know what to do even though we had rehearsed. My best man and I had a brilliant […]
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