2007
Four days of Jonah
Read more: Four days of JonahI am currently doing a four day course on the book of Jonah held by Stuart old testamentteacher from WBC. It is very interesting and I have foundso many new nsights in this oddlittle bible book. Yes, I will be sharing these later!
On discipline … (Spiritual discipline part 3)
Read more: On discipline … (Spiritual discipline part 3)Discipline, it is such a sullied word. In todays language it carries a negative tone, a tone of forbidding, joystealing, punishing character. As a martial artist I have a different view of the word. Through many long years of training I have come to realize that discipline is the only way to master an art.…
Angelinas Three years bash
Read more: Angelinas Three years bashAngelina turned three years old, and had a party worthy of a princess, dressed in here Belle dress she hosted the princess party of the year! The puzzles where the big hit and she hasn’t really gotten interested in the fancy bike we bought her, but come summer I hope she will be swishing about…
I would do anything… (Spiritual discipline part 2)
Read more: I would do anything… (Spiritual discipline part 2)We all have heroes of faith, people we look up to that are giants compared to ourselves. Many times have I looked at these giants and said I would do anything to be like him or her. It reminds me of teh commentSteve Martin made at the Oscars a few yeras back. Looking out over…
Visits
Read more: VisitsWe got our good friend Bea visiting from Sweden. At our assessment conference in Sweden we made friends with many of the cadets Bea being on of them. Now she is here visiting and we are thrilled!
The race (Spiritual discipline part 1)
Read more: The race (Spiritual discipline part 1)There is a race on, theres always a race. Bring a bunch of people together and the game is on. Who is the best, who is the greatest who is number one. It is true outside the church and inside the church. Who is the holiest, who is the best preacher, who has the deepest…
Those pentacostals
Read more: Those pentacostalsReading the swedish Christian newspaper dagen today I found this article. It states that the goal of this years evangelist week is to “Reinstate (or maybe reintroduce) God and open up the churches for more people” It’s incredible what those pentacostals can come up with…. the nerve, to invite God to church. All joking aside,…
SSG Riga arranging Fiore weekend
Read more: SSG Riga arranging Fiore weekendOn the 29th of June SSG Riga will arrange a full weekend of Fioresque training and swordplay. The seminars and workshops will mainly be led by Colin Hatcher on of the SSG Senior Instructors from the bay area branch in america. Colin Hatcher is currently working on an in depth study of Fiores dagger work…
The power of words
Read more: The power of wordsOn the Swedish Salvation army youth community Blood and Fire a discussion has come up if there is literature that is dangerous for Christians to read it seems the concensus is that it depends on who is reading it and how impressionable you are. I tried to phraze a response but it turned out to…
Blood and fire in Self defence course
Read more: Blood and fire in Self defence courseI am just back in Riga from a two day trip to Stockholm to teach a self defence course for FASI (Salvation Army Social Institute) and to tie up some loose ends, like preparing to sell the car etc. Preparing the course I made some amazing discoveries. The first one being that I could teach…
WSD seminar in Stockholm
Read more: WSD seminar in StockholmRight now I am teaching a WSD seminar at a FASI course in Stockholm. Hence no posts.
The Holy Spirit
Read more: The Holy SpiritA slow day today, cleaning day. Our house looks like a bomb exploded in it, due to all the travelling and sick children, sick parents etc… I thought I’d share the paper I wrote on the Holy Spirit as part of the Assessment conference, I got a rather high grading on the paper and while…
Oh how the great have fallen….
Read more: Oh how the great have fallen….A little more than a year ago I was present at Dataphones (A swedish [[ISP]] where I used to be a System Administrator) anniversary party. The secret guestspeaker was Christer Sturmark who spoke eloquently and with great panache about the information society and how we have arrived where we are today. I was impressed not…
The non uniform-uniformity
Read more: The non uniform-uniformityIn reply to my article yesterday Emanuel Karlsten, High profile Youth leader in the Swedish Salvation army wrote this reply (I appologize to those of you who do not speak English). In short he says that he would not wear the uniform as it looks today (on account of todays uniform looking geeky) but would…
A matter of uniform
Read more: A matter of uniformThe Salvation army uniform is obviously an issue that has been debated to the bitter end and back again and previously on this blog I have posted one or two articles about uniform issues as well. Either way I have some new experiences that I would like to share. As I was in Malmö last…
Recommended
Read more: RecommendedSo here we are back in Riga after a long, hard but extremely rewarding weekend. The girls are glad to be home and it will be nice to sleep in our own bed tonight. Today we also received the result from the assesment conference. Here is the report sent to the Swedish candidates unit. ”…
Adventures in Kingston town.
Read more: Adventures in Kingston town.Hanna and I went to Kingston with Frank and Elsebeth Jakshoj to relax after a very demanding weekend. We visited the Disney store to Angelinas delight. After that we had a delicious mocha at Starbucks and then we went to get some takeout at a nearby japanese restaurant. As I am placing our order I…
Assessment conference, London
Read more: Assessment conference, LondonI managed to sneak of to a computer with internet connection. The whole family are right now at Sunbury Court in London being assessed for officership. Not a minute is wasted as we are ushered from interview to interview and having to write several papers on theological subjects. It feels rather like an exam week…
Aj Loba yoo!
Read more: Aj Loba yoo!Going down to the sword training last night, I said bye, bye Angelina and she replied bye, bye daddy, Aj loba yoo! It is a moment I will never forget!
One night in Malmö
Read more: One night in MalmöIt has been a hysterical weekend as it always is when I am with my brother Hampi. We where supposed to take it easy and have a relaxing saturday evening, watching the Swedish eurovision contest and eat some snacks. The night started well as we crammed into the sofa in front of the schlager fest…
A heartfelt farewell.
Read more: A heartfelt farewell.As we where sitting in the little church in Limhamn, listening to the fairy like sound of the flute carrying the celtic prayers up to God in heaven, the sun kissed the church as wave after wave of sunshine rolled over us like a tide. We where enveloped in the love of God as he…
The trials of life
Read more: The trials of lifeAngelina was watching Joseph this morning and as I was watching the beginning of this cartoon it struck me how, no matter how hard Josephs father tried to create a protected environment to lead Joseph to his destiny, Joseph still had to go through the worst possible trials to get to the pharaos hous and…
Eight years and counting…
Read more: Eight years and counting…Olterman family win the Bronze! Today is our eigth wedding anniversary. It is a miracle that we have made it this far. It also fills me with awe and wonder. If we can handle all the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunes and a sea of troubles, then there is nothing we cannot take on.…
The challenge…
Read more: The challenge…Last week I was challenged by the instructor of one of Rigas swordfighting schools to a friendly sparring match. As I love to duel I could not resist but accepted willingly. I had met Nikolai once before at his school and I fought him by the rules they have there and I was delighted to…
In memoriam
Read more: In memoriamFor my grandmother who passed away last week, some of my fond memories,. If it doesn’t make sense to you, I guess you just weren’t there. God give her soul rest! Vävstol, växtpress, renfana, raggsockar kaffe termos, packlista, gummistövlar skidåkning, filtar, tio kaffe, te, sherry promenader, vandringsstav, mossa, köttbullar, julbord fjällvandring, njupeskär, folkdräkt, munspel Prästkrage,…
