I begin this post with a note of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord. Long term readers of Army Renewal Blog will know that this time last year, due to a variety of circumstances, that I was off work because depression had set in. It used to happen now and again, throw back from a … More Praise Note, Prayer Note

After carolling today, and because our youth club has finished for Christmas, I had a longer spell of time to have with the kids before I went with the War Cry to the pub. We had a lovely drive to a beautiful place called Lairg on Loch Shin, in the southern part of Sutherland then … More Beautiful Scotland

Our wee band have been facing the Caithness weather with our Christmas carolling. Yesterday we were in Tesco, the largest store in our town and had a good time of sharing and witnessing with shoppers. The store manager was reportedly in tears, not because our playing was awful, but because it just touched her. Pray … More Carolling

So William Booth was on a train and he has a vision. He sees a black strorm rising up and a tragic ship wreck. People dying and sinking into the dark sea of misery, some of them sinking to rise no more. Suddenly, out of this dark storm rises a huge platform from which those … More Booth’s Vision

Christmas has well and truly arrived for us here at Wick. Out band kicked off their carolling on Saturday as we played carols for community singing at the switching on our our town’s festive lights. In spite of the howling gale, freezing temperature and pouring rain, blowing away at Hark the Herald reminds me of … More CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!

Haven’t been feeling at all well the last couple of days…thats the main reason for some of the changes to this blog…I haven’t been out much, been staying in to try and recover from this cold as quickly as I can and get back to functioning fully. Its meant I’ve missed loads of my fav … More New Projects

I lost a friend a couple of days ago. Our friendship was uncomplicated…he knew me, I knew him. I enjoyed the time I spent with him and he enjoyed the time he spent with me. We met up two times a week, with a couple of other friends. Sometimes we chatted about family, his new … More A Friend

We had 13 kids turn up last night as we began our new kids outreach which was good going for the first week. As I’ve probably said, Kids Alive is a music based activity with way higher Christian content than our JAM club to begin communiticating the gospel to kids better and seeing more integration … More Kids Alive!

I’ve had a request to post the questions I referred to in my last post. Here goes: Salvation Army Orders and Regulations for Soldiers, 1950, Chapter 3, Section 4. 1. Am I habitually guilty of any known sin? Do I practice or allow myself in any thought word and deed which I know to be … More Spiritual Questions