Onword and Upwords by Dennis Brady

  • Get Out of the Black Hole

    Toby and I have a complicated relationship, but I do learn from him. For instance, he loves to go on walks. I’ve read that a dog’s nose is 40 times more powerful than a humans, so a walk outside is… Continue reading

  • Psalm 143: Be Like David

    A psalm of David. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; listen to my plea! Answer me because you are faithful and righteous. 2 Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you. 3 My enemy has… Continue reading

  • Day 2: The Pain Has Come A-Knockin’

    My last post, On a Diet and It Doesn’t Feel So Good, was about the new no sugar, no carb diet that I started yesterday. The title was just a joke because I really felt fine. At the time. I knew the… Continue reading

  • On a Diet and It Doesn’t Feel So Good

    I’m on a VERY strict no carb, no sugar, no happiness diet. I’m even avoiding diet sodas. Oh, Diet Mountain Dew, I miss you.  Ketchup, bbq sauce, chocolate, no more. Gracious, it’s soooo hard. And it seems that the progress,… Continue reading

  • Are You Onward and Upwards?

    When preparing for my post to introduce Onword and Upwords I wanted to know how many blogs I posted to Random Thoughts and when was the first. God had a surprise for me. No, not just how amateurish it was-long with… Continue reading

  • Introducing Onword and Upwords

    I started this blog on May 25, 2010 which was 339 posts ago. I loved the name Random Thoughts because that’s what the posts are, but all the dots for it were taken so I just settled for rdennisbrady.com. I… Continue reading

  • Joy

    Psalms 16:11 has been ringing in my head lately and I don’t know why. “In your presence is fullness of joy”. It’s never been a key Scripture for me like Romans 8:28, “And we know that in all things God… Continue reading

  • Oysters

    I’ve loved oysters for a long time. My friend, Andy, is harvesting oysters with his father-in-law and offered to bring back some this weekend for a very reasonable price. I was tempted, but then thought, really? As I approach 50,… Continue reading

  • Who’s Driving?

    In my last post, Life in the Fast Lane, I shared a crazy dream I had about riding shotgun with a cigarette smoking, pedal to the medal crazy man. Today I’ll go under the hood to see what it meant,… Continue reading

  • Life In the Fast Lane

    I knew that I shouldn’t get into the car with this stranger. But I did. I sat in the passenger’s seat and glanced over at the guy driving as a cigarette dangled from his lips. “This car will do 195mph?… Continue reading