I have not looked at the midpoint of the year so intently before. Time has tended to pass by and I have only tended to reflect and consider things at the year’s end. The reason why this is different, however, is probably down to a different intentionality to the year. So from the end of […]
Read More Working It Out – Dryden July UpdateThe last time I gave an update on things was back in the beginning of April. That feels like a long time ago. It’s just two months, but that has been a packed two months. You may have gathered that the vast majority of that time on this blog has been dedicated to continuing and […]
Read More June Check Up: A Dryden UpdateAt the start of March I blogged here that I hoped after the excellent month that February was that March would be even better. I also said it would be based on an ever deepening relationship with God. I don’t think statements like that can particularly be classed as prophetic. It’s more like spiritual common […]
Read More Marvelling at March and Anticipating AprilLooking back on February, it was a very good month indeed. One weekend I spent it with three brothers I don’t see that regularly at all. We met in Stratford-upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare was born … Shakespeare apparently wrote a couple of decent plays back in the day. He wasn’t there when we met, though, […]
Read More Farewell February, Marching OnJanuary is over. Thank God. I did not hate January. Lots of positive steps occurred in the month, developments in one or two pursuits I have had in mind. One of my favourites is coming across the Anchor app. It’s not about ships at sea, thankfully, it’s a brilliant device for conversations and audio snippets […]
Read More Dryden Update – February 2017What a difference a year makes. I was a very different person who wrote the first personal update on January 2nd 2016. Different in terms of my emotional wellbeing, my state of mind and what outlook I had on life. Today I type this in a better place. A better place in a lot of […]
Read More Dryden Update – January 2017Children are brilliant. A set of siblings have a unique understanding of how they operate and are able to get away with certain things because of what they can communicate between each other and then to the outside world. It’s so fascinating getting insight into their thinking and their dynamic. I was watching a set […]
Read More Contrition, Confession, Repentance and Thanks For NovemberFor the past few entries I have had the opportunity to explore the letter to the Ephesians. That’s been a great exploration and as I mentioned I am looking to work on the findings from the study and share those developments as they happen here. Having completed that, there’s a little gap to collect my […]
Read More Dryden Notes November 2016 Part 1I love me some October. It’s a great month. It’s the official end of any hope of summer lingering. It’s the beginning of the cold coming in big time, meaning more warm clothes and reasons to stay inside in the company of good friends and family. It’s the beginning of the last quarter of the […]
Read More Hello October: Dryden Thinks Out LoudJust some things that came to mind recently: The way we do things, is not the way things have always been done. Some of us worship the practice of the singing and dancing in that section of church services referred to as ‘praise and worship’. It’s not easy returning to something that was the cause […]
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