God Bless the General-Elect, Commissioner Shaw Clifton and Commissioner Helen Clifton

The announcement of the new General-elect of The Salvation Army will be made today at approximately 4.45pm. Go to http://www.salvationist.org to catch the live webcast.

Pray for the High Council Nominees for General (left to right): Commissioner Carl Lyndhold, Territorial Commander – Norway, IcelandCommissioner Hasse Kjellgren, Territorial Commander -Sweden & LatviaCommissioner M Christine MacMillan, Territorial Commander – Canada & BermudaCommissioner Israel Gaither, Cheif of the StaffCommissioner Shaw Clifton, Territorial Commander, United Kingdom & Ireland I am praying that it will … More High Council

“The cheif danger of the 20th century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell” -William Booth

Helpful post by my friend Major Doug Burr, Maine, USA about the growth barrier in Army corps. Very true and helpful. http://seekerofthelight.blogspot.com/

This week The Salvation Army High Council meet at Sunbury to elect the successor to General John Larsson. Our little family travelled over to London yesterday to attend the public Welcome to the High Council and the Farewell to General John and Commissioner Freda Larsson. It was a really good and inspiring occassion. You can … More High Council

It hasn’t been my intention for you to be meditating on the sweetcorn message for a few days, but I’ve had a lot happen, at the corps and in life in general. Firstly, here is a little image for you of our kids weekend. We had Doug Horley (Duggie Dug Dug) for the day and … More Update!

OK….its Wednesday 3am and I can’t get to sleep because a piece of sweetcorn from Monday 11pm’s tuna and sweetcorn sandwich is stuck at the back of my throat. How annoying is that?

My son Benjamin and I were in the car going to nursery this morning and he started to sing a little song over and over as we drove along. Usually, we sing ‘Hallelujah’ but today we had a different song. Ben is 3 years old. Let me share his little song with you: “God has … More That’s my boy!

Just returned from a quick breather up to Scotland…you know, get some good fresh air before the madness sets in! The weather was lovely and fresh…made you feel alive. Was good to catch up with some friends and session mates and do the general bits an pieces. I am back, though, with an increased burden … More Ah…Scotland….