Love To My Mother

A mother’s love gets a lot of hype in our society. The balance is wrong I think. In as much as the nurturing love of a mother is important to a baby’s healthy upbringing, my reading on the situation was that it required both the father and the mother. Neglecting one and heightening the role […]

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Prayer Points (WE-110212)

The issue about prayers is not just about asking for things as one particular point will highlight and it’s a good time to remind you that Prayer-Points Plus is still on the way with answers to prayers. For the time being, though here are thus weeks points for prayer. Abigail’s Trying Season I am always […]

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Thank God For January

Just a quick live-blog (as opposed to one prepared and typed out, etc.) to thank God for the month of January. It has been one of challenges to overcome, but also some tremendous enjoyable moments all of which I consider as blessings from God. Really happy to have started the Prayer Points series and that […]

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Deborah At Six

Deborah Dryden, my firstborn, is 6 years old today. Birthdays are a great time to celebrate God’s goodness in life and act as a milestone to measure just how far we’ve come and how to still make it is a tribute to God’s grace. For example I was reflecting the other day how gospel legend […]

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Jesus Is … The Redeemer

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. (Galatians 4:4, 5) What is it to redeem? At birth you belong to your parents, without them you have […]

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Leaving Stoke – One Year On

School plays. Did you love school plays? Even if they were just plays for your year or your class, did you like them? I liked them. I remember doing ‘There’s A Hole In My Bucket’ at Infant School – but that is a vague recollection of my first performance. I remember the school plays when […]

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Happy 5th Blog Birthday

As I mentioned at the start of the month there are a number of significant events and milestones that take place over this month. A dear family friend will be celebrating her birthday with us, hopefully. This week also sees the first year anniversary of our departure from living in Stoke-on-Trent. The most important event […]

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