Well, thankfully it seems like internet is behaving if ever so briefly. So, here goes for the first post in about a month…takes a while to get back in the swing of things after such a long gap! Its been fun adjusting to a new style of ministry again. For example, other than when covering … More Back! (…..I hope!)
We’re working out one of those odd tensions at the moment. We have a corps building, a faily new one (only 17 years old) and its a good facility, in a decent state of repair, and is reasonably accessible for many in the community, geography wise. It also has our quarters on the second floor. … More Buildings of stone…
I have a growing conviction about the shape of the future Salvation Army. This conviction is one that began several months back and posted here (16th Jan 07)and is expressed in picture terms as I ‘saw’ it. It has since been fuelled by reading books such as ‘You See Bones I See an Army’ by … More Army Shape
We can be very comfortable in the church in accepting the role of the pastor, teacher and evangelist. To some extent we’re content with the prophet until he/she says something we don’t like, but the apostolic ministry is something many of us have trouble with or simply don’t recognise. There are three sense in which … More Sent
So yeah….Aberdeen Torry is our new appointment which we will take up in August. It is a distinct community just south of the city centre of Aberdeen. Torry contains a couple of the poorest 5% neighbourhoods in the whole of Scotland. In fact, the vast majority of Torry is within the 15% bracket of the … More More on Torry and the road there
Check out this contribution to the clerical discussion by Captain Chris Hinton, Glenrothes. Here
Greetings friends. So, some have taken offence at my post on clericalism. Its too important too delete, but as usual these things can always be communicated clearer. Let me just communicate again in a very short sentences what I was saying: – It was a post in favour of soldiers of The Salvation Army throught … More Clerical Clarification
One of the things I’ve been struggling with personally recently is to do with my complete angst against clerical and priestly officership. One of the things which has become really apparent in recent years is the heightened sense that people see officers as priests, professional clergy. In Scotland in particular, which has a strong Presbyterian … More Clericalism
Andrew S M Clark 