Today is the day of salvation, like every other day. And today is the day to get holy like every other day, but today many Salvos around the world will be taking note of the up and rising ‘Salvation Army holiday’ called Sanctification Day. The date comes from a little date when Commissioner Samuel Brengle … More Sanctification Day
This week has been a real opportunity for us to clarify and refine our vision for Torry aided by our visit to the strategy council next week. Its exctiting to get a sense of how God is working stuff out. The problem with having such a blank sheet (albeit with a few things scribbled on … More Refining Vision
Happy New Year to all! Unfortunately, it’s been a rather cold/flu/infection-filled start to 2009, knocked us all for six, but we’re all gradually gaining strength again! January is about getting down to the business at hand. We begin with sharing in strategy discussions with DHQ in the next week or so as we begin to … More Welcome to 2009 at Army Renewal
Commissioner Joe Noland (blog listed to the right) has a very poignant quote at the head of his blog. It reads: “The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution” – ( Hannah Arendt, historian and philosopher.) I’d say thats a fairly solid peice of truth right there. I think of … More Revolution
Today has been one of those days. You know, the kind where the worst you could expect actually happens the way you expected it would, all on the day when you could have done with something much better? Its an occupational hazard for officers to get far too ‘run-ragged’ at Christmas. I’ve really been wondering … More Incarnation
I was leading chapel service in our local prison on Sunday morning. Before the service, the other guys from Prison Fellowship who attend worship were setting out the nativity scene. We discovered that someone had “borrowed” the baby Jesus from the set. Deciding it would be a good opportunity to talk about Christmas without Jesus, … More …but He is still here!
I don’t know how he does it. They blow my mind. Everytime I see pictures of them they are enrolling another draft of soldiers and junior soldiers. Surely Capitans Gerardo and Monica Balmori are quite unique in the Western Salvation Army. They are officers at the Bronx Tremont Corps, NY, USA. We’re linked up via … More The Bronx Blessing!
Its into Christmas carolling season. I’m a serial caroller. Would do it every day. Its good ‘presence evangelism’ and its proclamation. Its one of the Army’s prime times for cultural relevance for those of you who are into that sort of thing. Important aspects of evangelism that feed into the over all chance of people … More
Now, seeing as I’ve been on a forced blog fast, allow me the indulgence of having a blog feast. The main blog for today is the one before this, but let me just chuck in a few bits from recent weeks ————-I attended an event (which shall remain nameless) recently which contained a great preach … More Blog feast
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!)
Andrew S M Clark 