So I’ve decided to round thing off over at my other blog, which is really a Salvation Army focussed blog, for the time being.  I’ll be blogging more regularly here.  This blog has been host to my ‘non-Sally-Army-specific’ stuff for the last couple of years and charts the bumpy road of recovery since leaving the … More Re-Shuffle

This is a wordle produce from the content of Army Renewal blog over these last 7 years (Click on it for a larger view) Given recent developments and closed doors, I think the time really has come now to round off things here at Army Renewal. Thank you to those of you who have tuned … More Wrapping up…

On my facebook a couple of days ago I simply wrote:  “sometimes you just have to smile, be generous with grace and move on content that you’ve done all you can.”  Thats my own conclusion of what has been another strange conversation we’ve tried to have with the Army in recent months on issues surrounding … More One life

There are still some days that come when I’d still be quite happy to see any form of formal church a long distance away.  Thats not to say that I don’t appreciate the place I work or the other people I fellowship with.  I know that churches gather their traditions over the years and a … More No Frills

Folks, some of you may have missed the blogging that I was doing elsewhere during Army Renewal’s ‘sabbatical’.  I still blog there, mainly non Army type stuff and personal reflections, but here is a series of articles I published considering how the 12 Marks of New Monasticism speak to the Salvation Army.  I hope they … More 12 Marks of New Monasticism and The Salvation Army

I found these on Shane Claiborne’s facebook page and decided I liked them so much that I’d adopt them my self.  12.  Do something really nice – that no one knows about. 11. Spend more money on other people than I spend on my self.  Love my neighbor as I love myself.  And love myself as I love my … More Resolutions 2012

None of these thoughts are particularly new, probably neither to you nor me.   In lots of ways these are the ‘what ifs’ which keep me up at night and the ones that create in me disatisfaction with the place we’re currently in; the things that motivate work for transformation. what if we followed Jesus as … More What if….?

So what is it with The Salvation Army that means that I can’t walk away? This is a question I’ve asked myself time and time again.  I’ve already mentioned the whole covenant thing, I made promises to God.  But yet its not the bare fact that promises were made, its the vision behind the promises … More Walk

Booth’s grand vision for world transformation One of our great Salvation Army legacies is the fact that for Booth, whilst the salvation of the individual was vital, his vision of salvation was always wider.  It was man-kind embracing, world embracing.  Booth actually believed that the world could be transformed, that society could echo heaven, that … More Kingdom Vision

Our Mercy Seat at Home God’s covenants with Israel stood whether they were in the land or out…they weren’t based on location, but relation.  He was their God and they were his people.  They stood for those who were unfaithful and those who were faithful.  He rewarded those who were faithful and put to testing … More My Covenants