Today I sent of a letter to start a study group under Schola St. George. With Graeme me and hopefully some other enthusiasts we will embark on the great adventure of learning longsword according to fiore.I am now looking for wooden wasters at affordable prices and as close to Latvia as possible. I am also…
This week we are filling out our applications for officers training, please pray with us as we embark on this new adventure. It has been long coming for us and even though I think we have known since our enrollment as soldiers that we where headed this way it is still a bit scary to…
A new breed of salvationists are infiltrating our corps, a breed of Christians who want to transform the army in their likness, to become not a marching army but a circle of fluffy bunnies who cannot possibly offend anyone. (This is an offensive post, but for the record, I do love all fluffy bunnies, they…
This was the cry of a young hispanic male in the movie “blood in blood out” making a grim portrait about gang life in LA. It is interesting to note that these young gangbangers are willing to do anything to defend the honor of their colors (wich is a gang tatoo, and a bandana of…
So today we had a visit from our TC, Hasse Kjellgren. One of the topics that was discussed was uniform, some people got agitated because they like the uniform and some got angry because the uniform should not be a big deal and therefore, a waste of time to discuss. The argument for the uniform…
Today is a black day, it seems that in the midst of the raging battle we are left alone to fend for ourselves. We being part of the Salvation army, but not apparently in the Salvation Army system. I am just now realizing how valuable it is to have an organisation backing you at home…
Today I spent half the day upgrading my computer to the beta version of ubuntu linux. Ubuntu linux is a [[Linux distribution]] funded by a [[philantrope]] who wants a good easy to use home user operating system to be spread out to the masses, and hopefully with it the ideology of ubuntu. Ubuntu linux also…
So today I made the plunge on my main machine, I have been running dapper for a while on my laptop but I just felt it was time to upgrade my desk. So here we go, I am now running Dapper on my main computer, and provided the next week goes smooth I will be…
Last nights youth service was a disaster. Everyone was late including me, ten minutes after we where supposed to meet, I realize that all the dates on next months program is wrong and I had just cut up 120 flyers by hand, so I had to start from the beginning. We didn’t have time to…
So The last days have been days colored in the three colors of the NCD trinitarian compass. The NCD concept is not new and there was nothing in the conference that was truly astounding or revolutionary and I think that is the strength of NCD. It just confirms what we already know from the bible.…
So I am of to an NCD conference with Christian Schwartz today, so I won’t be blogging but I found this at blogthings.com, incidently I recently found Dr. Pepper wich is my favorite drink, at Stockmanns here in Riga it was a victory. Finally I can celebrate those small moments in style. You Are Dr.…
So I was preaching at Metro last night, When I entered the place was empty save the three people who had arrived ‘early’ that is at 19:00 when the meeting started. The organizers appologizing that there was a hockey game on tonight (Latvia vs. Norway) so it would be a somewhat smaller crowd. As more…
If you are saved by Jesus and born again, you are a new creation in Him. You are an Alien to this planet. With your home being in a dimension far far away. Sent out through time and space to bring a message across the great divide. If you listen to the Bible you ARE…
It is mothersday, In church Angelina made a butterfly for Hanna and got flowers to give to her mother (Unfortunately the flowers was to much fun to smell and enjoy so Angie kept them for herself.) Hanna is in the last stage of pregnancy and we have mere days till the new miracle comes. So…
At the swedish discussion forum soldiership has been in the air for a couple of days and my good friend Mackan said something that made me rethink soldiership. He said, You are not a soldier for you, soldiership is about others. You are a soldier so that others kan have a tobacco and alcohol free…
Being and doing, I hear these small catch frazes everywhere and I think they both miss the mark. If we concentrate on the doing we become busybodies that rush off in our own power and burn out for God. If we on the other hand focus on the being we become introvert spiritual navelgazers and…
Now we are all legal aliens in Latvia, after several frustrating hours and some misunderstandings due to language confusion (why did they have to attempt that stupid tower of babel). Hanna and Angelina finally got their papers. So the whole of the Olterman clan are now here legally, well theres still a little alien in…
Life is about the little choices made every day. And even though life as a Christian begins with a U-turn, turning away from darkness into light, Holiness is making that same choice a thousand times every day for the rest of your life. Every choice you make will take you closer or further from God,…
We need to be like Jesus, all forgiving and all loving, showing mercy and empathy towards a lost and confused world. And at the same time we need to be uncompromizing in our adherence and devotion to the truth of God. When I first got saved, it was 1991 in Heratige baptist church, Lebanon Missouri…
I was working as a warden at Kirsebergs anstalten (A high security prison in Malmö) one of our charges told me this. You can choose your friends and you can choose to have contact with your family or not, but good neighbors are a gift from God. And I have to agree, that is after…
I have spent the last 3 days at IMG4 – The Latvian annual true love waits conference. A great conference with 200 young peolpe curious about what the Christian Faith has to say about relationships. There was everything from Bible teaching to great concerts by Xenos and Second chance In the hall you had 200+…
Debates are raging all the time, especially in Christian circles. Being a mellow guy I usually try to stay out of the hot air (NOT!) I always end up in the middle of the fray, I can’t help it I get so upset when I see people advocating sin and quoting Bible verses to support…
I am reading [[Terry Pratchet]]s book “Going Postal” a wonderful parody on life, the internet and the postal service. As usual with Terry pratchets books they also include a lot of satirical comments on society today and life in general. One comment that stuck with me was this: “As long as a mans name is…
I’m a missionary in Riga…… And from today I have the paper to prove it. I have a Latvian personal code and I am allowed to live and work in Latvia for the next five years. Now all we have to do is to hold our breath until Hanna and Angelina get theirs.
The evangelist goes on and on, urging people to come to Christ, coaxing them and finally it seems bribing them, with promises of peace, love and joy. But does Jesus really offer peace here and now? All to often I hear the “Happy now, Holy in heaven” Gospel proclaimed. Yet I don’t know anyone whos…