I’m please to announce the arrival of Ceitidh McDowall Clark She was born on Wednesday 29th March, at 5.13am, weighing in at 6lb 7oz. Mum and baby and Ben are fine…dad is just about keeping it together! (PS…its pronounced ‘Katie’) She is named after Katie Booth-Clibborn (le Marechale). Founder of The Salvation Army’s work in … More Announcing the Arrival of…

Well…we had our first broken windows at the hall last night since we arrived in Pill. Hallelujah. Satan is taking more notice :o) Actually, I think he is running scared.

I guess some of you may know that our second child is due to be born on Sunday. Isn’t that jolly exciting? Yeah, pretty exciting. Are we ready? No, we aren’t! The baby has a crib to sleep in but it currently has no space for its crib to be set up (I need to … More The time is near…

I love this picture. Let me explain what it is. This is the new unnofficial corps plant in an area of Charlotte, North Carolina. Its not even significant enough to be a mere outpost but great things for the Kingdom are happening there. This flag is on the house of the people who have moved … More Pioneering!

I was browsing the Christian Channels on our sattelite TV and came across Jim Bakker preaching. Now, for those of you who don’t know, Jim Bakker is an American evangelist who, some years ago, was publically shamed over an addiction to pornography. Thankfully, however, he has repented and been restored to ministry. He spoke openly … More Holiness is Blocked Channels

I’ve started to read ‘Sanctified Sanity’ by David Rightmire about the life and theology of Brengle. It is half biography and half theology which gives a very adequate portrait of the often dismissed Brengle. It was interesting to read of his work during the Booth split between William Booth and Ballington Booth. Ballington, who was … More Brengle

Now, I’ve been fairly quiet about the recent big debate in Army Blogland for a reason. Firstly, I’ve blogged about it before…secondly, I understand what Gordon means by false dichotomy and that actually, we’re not always talking at odds. We’re often saying the same thing…we all agree that the gospel of the Kingdom can’t be … More My tuppence…

“We deny that we are in any proper sense a sect. We refuse to settle down into places of worship such as might be agreeable to our people and their families but insist upon the open air stand and the place of amusement where there may be little comfort, but where the most good may … More Railton socks it to us…

I hope you had a chance to read that last quote from Brengle…I came across it recently when the ‘Primitive Salvationist’ website (linked to at the right) came upon the Army blogging scene. My good friend Captain Eileen Haliday said something to me once (in our college days) and reading that quote brought her comment … More Hangin’ up my hat?

There are many who are interested in the cause of Christ, and who are pleased to see it prosper in their corps, their church, their city, their country. But there are few who bear the burden of the world upon their souls day and night, who make His cause in every clime their very own, … More Bold Brengle