Bliadhna mhath ur a h-uile duine!
…or ‘Happy New Year Everyone’ Lets make it a good one for the Lord.
…or ‘Happy New Year Everyone’ Lets make it a good one for the Lord.
This week of the year is one I love, I have to say. Its time for me to take stock, review, and pray about the year coming, think about my personal warfare, resolve and set goals for the year to come and generally have an opportunity to stand at the beginning of a year and … More Forward 2008
I’ve just been sitting here enjoying one of my new Christmas pressies and realised its 2.40am! My other half bought me the complete NIV Bible on CD and I got hooked on listening. It’s something I’ve been wanting for a while, especially for the car and for places where there’s no light. The audio accompanying … More The Word
I wrote a wee song to sing at our Christmas Holiness Meeting this morning. Its to the tune in the chorus section ‘Lord, make Calvary real to me’ (CS81) and its called ‘Lord, let Christmas be real to me’. I offer it for you to use if not this year but next if you want … More Lord, let Christmas be Real to Me
Had a good day of meetings. Busy holiness meeting this morning and a packed hall tonight for the carol service. Our new Kids Alive Choir put in a performance and it was good to see mums and dads and grannies etc etc there to support. We were a few kids down, but was great to … More Tis the season…
Was looking around on You Tube and found Bishop Mike Hill’s Christmas message…posted it here for you. Had the opportunity to meet the Bishop in Bristol, and to hear him preach once or twice. It was great to encounter a high ranking man such as him with a strong, modern, evangelical and engaging message. I … More Christmas Message – Bishop Mike Hill of Bristol
So, I mentioned a few posts back the whole junior soldier and senior soldier thing. 10 senior soldiers and 20 junior soldiers. To be more exact, we’re especially talking 10 adults and 20 children saved…whether they reach soldiership during the course of the year is not quite as important, so long as they’re saved and … More Fishing
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
BEFORE YOU READ: This post will not make sense to you unless you have read Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell. Regular readers of Army Renewal blog will know that I’m not particularly a fan of Rob Bell. I recognise too that the moment I offer any thought on his writings that people will have to … More Velvet Elvis Reflection 1