Journeyman Journal – Hurt

Why did I do it? At first it was out of a sense of desperation. To me I felt that I needed it and as I couldn’t get it having gone through the proper channels, I felt it was the only way to get it. I have got to confess, sometimes I wouldn’t go through […]

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YIR15 – 09 – Tough Times

I like to use this blog to share some personal information about what goes on in my life, but you just need to read a broad selection of entries to know I don’t get real personal too often. This blog won’t be an accurate or informed diary of the life and times of Christopher Dryden, […]

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We Will All Be Changed

Paul encourages the church in Corinth something rather interesting. In 1 Corinthians 15:51 Paul says that not everyone will sleep but they shall all be changed. Of course that promise doesn’t mean much until we appreciate what we’re being changed from and we’re being changed to. The contrasts given are stunning – death to imperishable […]

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A Word For When We Sing Sad Songs

The movement for positive thinking sometimes misses the point. It’s healthy to acknowledge that sometimes there is no positivity to consider. Sometimes a sad song is called for. I recall hurting myself and my natural reaction was to give a yelp of anguish. I know that some people would want to suppress that or limit […]

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For The Hurting

Pain serms inevitable in life. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a scratch or a bruise on a child when they fall over, or thd hurt of loss of a loved one. It is prevalent. This week two people I care about considerably both shared something of the pain they were enduring. One spoke of the […]

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Do You Want to Live Forever?

It was one of those days. Work brings up a range of characters and sometimes there are ones gifted by God to test the very fruit that He has placed in you through the Spirit. (You know what I’m saying.) So the deal is to see whether the fruit will emerge or if someone a […]

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