I’ve just come back from officers ‘retreat’ which was a good few days. Several things were helpful: the rest, the fellowship, the conversation, the good teaching by Majors Peter & Val Mylechreest. It was also good, like I said before, to reflect on stuff a year on from some pretty serious conversations we had at … More The Model Officer
Much of life, at the moment, is about getting on with it, thankfully! I certainly don’t say that in any negative sense. As I head off to officers ‘retreat’ tomorrow I’m very much aware that I am attending as someone in a very different situation than last year, where I was regretably doubting whether I … More Primitive Assertion!
An ‘Army Renewal’ and a very personal salute to Aux-Captain Muriel Sims who was promoted to Glory a few days ago. We had a few special adventures together, some sad times together, and a fair few ‘discussions.’ In retirment she laid foundations for the beginning of The Salvation Army in Romania and lived to see … More Well Done Good and Faithful Soldier
I just came across a great and simple evangelism campaign, suitable as an Easter project perhaps, in the form of the4points.com. Visit their website for greater details, but basically the idea is based around four symbols which summarise the ‘4 Spiritual Laws’. The Heart = God loves usThe X = we have sinned against GodThe … More the4points.com
Great article by CSM Phil Wall over at the Rubicon here. Well worth a read.
Isaiah 61:1-4 Anyone who knows me will realise that when it comes to scripture, Isaiah 61 has always been important to me. I’ve had it on my wall, in my wallet etc for a long time. For me its just a perfect picture of ministry in the power of the Spirit in the name of … More Isaiah 61
Bale has posted the very useful little booklet – ‘Ladder to Holiness’ by William Booth here Check it out.
“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” — Charles Du Bois
There is one thing I truly love in life. It won’t come as a surprise to you, perhaps, but its the presence of Jesus by his Spirit. To sense him filling you again and again is a foretaste of heaven and since the very beginning of my Christian life I’ve been so blessed by the … More Painful Prayer
Andrew S M Clark 