You were warned. He noticed you after your efforts were rejected. It’s not the time for anger, jealousy, or bitterness. Be careful. It’s crouching at your door waiting for you to let it in. And you will be responsible for all that happens afterwards. Even if it’s at your door, you don’t have to let […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: What You Let InThe issue is you. It’s not the circumstances, changes or disturbances. It’s you. When things are allowed to accumulate in you without a healthy mechanism to process then, unsurprisingly, you are ill-equipped to deal with what’s going on. Sometimes it’s good to get outside – not necessarily a call to roam the meadows, but an […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Get OutsideThe idea is to start with the understanding that you have immense ability. For that understanding to be embedded you have to appreciate the power of your thoughts. If you concentrate enough on a thought, what you can do with it can be instructive. It’s not to say that the power of thought achieves anything […]
Read More Who Rules? What To Do With Thought?It is true. It’s not that everything that was going on was wrong. There may very well be some good in what is being done. The life of following Jesus, however, does include a degree of challenging everything. Everything. You think it’s a given that being married is a good thing. You see your upbringing […]
Read More Everything Changes From Where You AreWhat’s that, you’re saying if I pray, then I will have an encounter with God? That’s brilliant. So how do I pray? This is how I pray? I thought I had to put my hands together and always kneel. Oh, it’s not essential. OK, so this is how I do it. Right. What’s that? I […]
Read More Ongoing RenewalTwenty years ago I was set to move from London to Stoke-on-Trent. It was in a lot of ways a very questionable move. It was certainly questioned by my parents. I was not born in London and I didn’t grow up there. I reached London having done the studying at university and found a place […]
Read More Renew Our Minds: LocationTeaching is one of my greatest loves. It’s a great love, because being a student is one of my greatest loves. The thing about learning is that it will change your mind as much as you allow it do so. Apparently people reach a stage where they’re not that pliable to having their mind changed. […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Change Your MindFor a while now, I’ve been challenged and influenced by Paul’s encouragement to the church in Philippi. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. That encouragement is part of an overall word from Paul about […]
Read More Seeking the SuperlativeI was reminded about something recently. There’s a school of thought that suggests there are two approaches to learning in the compulsory educational system. One approach to learning is because you love the subject, the other approach is to learn to be able to pass the particular subject. Those who love the subject do not […]
Read More Keep This In MindEvery day there’s a time when the decision is made. A lot of counselling and gesturing behind the scenes take place. Arguments are raised, subtle negotiating can be heard in whispers and debating can be fierce. Forces jockey for position to have the major say. They see who’s in charge and want to view any […]
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