There have been times throughout the year where I’ve been irritable and grumpy. If that attitude lasts too long then I get to be really ratty and unpleasant to be with, like a dark cloud is ever hanging over me and a growl acts like the lightning in that stormy mood. There will be something […]
Read More Dryden Thanks 2022: ProvisionThere is a precious hymn that was rendered particularly superbly by James Moore back in the previous century (Moore’s version came in two parts – the first one here and the second one here – you get the link to hear it and enjoy it). That hymn is The Old Rugged Cross which has that […]
Read More Dryden Thanks 2022: Sights of SuccessThe credits. Whether it was a drama or a documentary I was keen to see who was in the credits. Not because I knew everyone in there, but just in case there were recurring featured individuals. I was always intrigued with how they ordered the cast of characters. Which characters were considered mor important, which […]
Read More Dryden Thanks 2022: Cast of CharactersIt resounded loudly in my head. This is the last Sunday of the year. Sunday is the first day of the week. Sure, some might have wanted to shift that to another day, but my understanding of the structure of the week always considered the week to start on Sunday. Faithfully over the year God […]
Read More Dryden Thanks 2022: Changes and DevelopmentsIn my childhood there were cafes. Those were usually fairly drab places, but there was something familiar, something that made you feel you could get what you want, sit down and enjoy, have a chat and then move on with the rest of your life. It feels like the coffee shop is something that particularly […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Coffee ShopsIt’s intriguing how essential something so disposable is. The entire function of the tissue paper is over and done within seconds. It serves its purpose and it is done away with. The flower that blooms beautifully today is blown with the wind tomorrow. It serves its purpose and is done away with. Are our lives […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Tissue and the FlowerPraises. What a goal. That meal was awesome. You did that really well. I was moved by that performance. What an excellent way of putting. You are truly an outstanding individual. That brilliant way that you did that. Phrases. Comments. Observations. When you created the heavens and the earth periodically you observed that what you […]
Read More Praise: A Prayerful ReflectionIt came to me when I woke up this morning. First of all it was the tune. There have been quite a few versions of the song, but the one that was fresh in my mind because it was the one that I had listened to most often was the one by Michael McDonald and […]
Read More Stop, Look and Listen To God’s HeartThere is this wonderful concept in the world of work of the personal appraisal. Some might know it as a performance review, others may know it as that thing their boss should have done but didn’t get round to doing while they’ve been working for the company for five years. It is a wonderful concept. […]
Read More Appraising The SituationWhile others love the summer sun and some enjoy the new life of spring, with the proponents for the golden leaves of Autumn, I have to stake my claim in saying my favourite season of the cycle is Winter. One of the things I love about the season is how it’s a season of death, […]
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