Mercy Seat at William Booth College Biggest thing I miss about The Salvation Army? The Mercy Seat, without a doubt. Not only the Mercy Seat, but the culture of open response. Now, the people I serve do respond to God and the Holy Spirit amongst them, of course they do. But I do believe there … More The Mercy Seat
Today is my 11th wedding anniversary. Here we are (left) very young and in love (which we still are) covenanting our lives to one another under the flag of the Army wearing my high collar like a good soldier. A few days ago, we celebrated another anniversary – the 15th anniversary of us being together … More Made in heaven…
“One for All” by Commissioner Jim Knaggs and Major Stephen Court is a publication of three books in one: two previously published ‘One Day – A dream for The Salvation Army’, ‘One Thing – Win the World for Jesus ‘ and the new publication ‘One Army.’ The books explore and expound upon a vision for … More Book Review: "One for All" by Knaggs and Court
Today is my 11th wedding anniversary. Here we are (left) very young and in love (which we still are) covenanting our lives to one another under the flag of the Army wearing my high collar like a good soldier. A few days ago, we celebrated another anniversary – the 15th anniversary of us being together … More Made in heaven…
“One for All” by Commissioner Jim Knaggs and Major Stephen Court is a publication of three books in one: two previously published ‘One Day – A dream for The Salvation Army’, ‘One Thing – Win the World for Jesus ‘ and the new publication ‘One Army.’ The books explore and expound upon a vision for … More Book Review: "One for All" by Knaggs and Court
“Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all of our weaknesses are accepted as part of our humanity can our negative, broken self-images be transformed.” — Jean Vanier Astounding. I was introduced to the existence of Jean Vanier … More Casualty
Back in 2004/2005 I made a couple of trips to Romania and Russia to encourage the work of The Salvation Army there. I met some wonderful young Salvationists, many of whom served the Lord with such passion, abandonment and dedication in spite of their own circumstances. One such young family are the Kozlovskys. They were … More The Kozlovskys
There might be some of your reading, maybe, who remember this. Listening to some ‘Francis Chan’ reminded me of it. At William Booth College, on Thursdays they had cadets meetings every now and again. I can’t remember what they called them. Bascially, a night of worship etc organised by cadets for the college community. … More What are we doing?
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 some church planting advice from Floyd McClung. The black type is his, the grey type are my comments. Pray – Meet – Make – Gather – Multiplyby Floyd McClung Pray. Pray fervently with God’s heart for the people you are reaching out to. Pray to meet people by “divine appointments.” Pray until you can … More Five key practices
Andrew S M Clark 