Punk Monk by Andy Freeman Here is my annual rundown of books I’ve read in 2011 with a little * to ***** rating thing.  Reading is a life changing activity…furnish your mind! (A link here to 2010’s books and here to 2009’s books) Radical Holiness for Radical Living – C Peter Wagner *** ‘One for … More Books 2011

I live in a rather complex state of existence at the moment.  Something somewhere between the ranks of The Salvation Army and ministry in the Methodist Church.  Life changes for me yet again at the end of January as my colleague moves on to pastures new and as I fill in significant parts of his … More Schitzo

Railton ‘invading the USA’ with his Hallelujah Lassies One of the big revolutions of The Salvation Army that we don’t often think about is the way that Booth’s movement, under God, set about changing the rules about who gets to take part.  Booth was raised up in a movement called Methodism which itself had been … More You can do it

Andrew Bale posted this vision below of William Booths from around 100 years ago.  I knew it existed but have never got my hands on it.  It makes for fascinating reading and speaks very much into how I sense the calling of God upon my life.  He speaks, basically, of a neo-monastic order within The … More Booth’s Neo-Monastic Vision

“The Salvation Army is a revolutionary movement of covenanted warriors exercising holy passion to win the world for Jesus.”   OK….so thats not the ‘official’ definition of The Salvation Army but its a good one that is closer to our founding vision.  In my heart, its the Army I’m in.  Any other definition just doesn’t work … More Definition

Well, time does fly.  But time is not the only reason for the brief gap in blogging. You may or may not know that we have really been seeking the Lord as to where he would have us in our future.  Sometimes against all common sense, we think we should return to officership and we … More Future

People tell me I lead a good meeting.  But what makes a good meeting?  By ‘meeting’ I mean a larger corporate gathering of a corps as opposed to a bible study/cell/ward/brigade meeting.  Of course, every meeting will have similar things in common: bible reading, prayer, worship etc  But I’m thinking more about the ‘approach’ as … More Good Meetings

I had the opportunity, yesterday, to go and listen to General the Lord Dannatt, Baron of Kewsick, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (former Cheif of the General Staff – Head of the British Army) talking on the topic of ‘Leadership in troubled times’.  The first thing that was striking was the vibrancy of his faith and … More The Other General

Let me just clarify a point on what I said yesterday.  Its not that anyone has questioned what I wrote, but more that I don’t want to be understood when talking about being not being worried about the health of the Army. What I mean by that is a preoccupation with our own survival and … More Corporate Holiness

I float around a fair few ecumenical circles these days.  Its a whole pile of fun, revelation and….well, sometimes just plain bizarreness!  One of the common mantras of the ecumenical scene is that any sense of different emphasis or any hint of denominational perspective or loyalty is negative.  I agree to the extent that there … More Charism