2008
Twentyfour – seven – five
Read more: Twentyfour – seven – fiveWe have started 24-7-5 prayer here at WBC which means 24/7 prayer on 5 continents by the Salvation Army Cadets and colleges. I had my second session in the prayer room last night and just as the first session the hour flew by like no time at all. It was like I hadn’t prayed for…
Let's hear it for wordpress 2.7
Read more: Let's hear it for wordpress 2.7Just upgraded my blog to wordpress 2.7 and WOW if you are blogging on wordpress do not wait another second upgrade to 2.7 Coltrane NOW!!!! The new dashboard is a bloggers dream!
Advent
Read more: AdventSo this is Christmas….. Christmas music pouring out of my speakers, christmas lights appearing in window after window around us and Advent koinonia at the college. One thousand and one sermons about waiting. It seems that no matter how old we all get, we are all holding our breath until Christmas eve (well Christmas day…
iPod guy
Read more: iPod guyI was told last week that the “iPod Generation” consists of people ages 18-34. This disqualifies me since i turned 35 last wekk. What am I to do then when my wonderful wife bought me a brand new iPod nano, a red one? Well I guess the least I can do is make a cartoon,…
Free Bible Software, anyone?
Read more: Free Bible Software, anyone?So here I am with my new Macbook and with a new OS I need to find good solid bible software. I need a good McBible or perhaps it should be called iBible. I started out with MacSword. I have always loved the Sword project as it is GPL and therefore it comes at no…
Showing our colours
Read more: Showing our coloursAs I was walking Angelina to school last week she told me that everyone was smiling at her. I said yes, that is because you are so beautiful. Angelina thought on this for a moment, then she said. Yes, they like all my colours. That really stuck with me, it made me think of Ephesians…
It's MY IPod!
Read more: It's MY IPod!I have a brand new Macbook Pro, I had the older model that I bought just a few weeks before they released the new model. It was a great machine, great specs, great performance. But as the new model came out I got really sad. My machine was still a great machine but not as…
The things we take for granted
Read more: The things we take for grantedI was woken up in the middle of the night by our phone ringing of the hook. It was 5 AM and all the lights in the living room where blinking, then all went dead and we where without electricity. We woke up in the morning and the flat was cold and dark. I couldn’t…
Chim Chimeny, Chim Chim Cherooo
Read more: Chim Chimeny, Chim Chim CheroooAs Cadets at the Salvation Army college we have the privilige of meeting a lot of officers. Some newly commissioned, some old in the game and some retired. What strikes me is how many of these officers seem to be burnt out and jaded. I do understand that being a Salvation Army Officer is hard…
Practical agnosticism
Read more: Practical agnosticismOne of the things that really get me is how we (as in Christians in general but in the Salvation Army in particular) seem to live out practical agnosticism. It crops up everywhere, in class we are taking about sermon prep and how to get inspiration for sermons. I just assume that God is our…
New beginnings
Read more: New beginningsThe College has come alive again with the Prayer Warriors invading the campus and all the Witnesses returning from placement 4. The Warriors seems to be a good natured and fun filled session and we are looking forward to much interaction with them over the next year. The campus is buzzing with stories of the…
More Southwark adventures
Read more: More Southwark adventuresOur placement at Southwark continues and the last couple of Sundays (Before and after the week we had in Disney) I have been preaching, Both have been hard to prepare in different way. The first one was hard due to the subject (sex), which has been a taboo subject in the church so long that…
There and back again
Read more: There and back againWe did it! We packed the whole family on a train and took off to Disneyland. The girls loved it, for Anja it was love at first sight when she met Minnie and Mickey in the hotel lobby on the first day. Angelina was a bit more wary, she hid from the characters like a…
Falling back into love.
Read more: Falling back into love.I am currently reading the Sacred Romance by Brent Curtis & John Eldredge. It is fantastic to get a book in the hand where every paragraph hits you like a freight train and you must pause and let God settle the dust left from the impact. The book starts out by stating that: “above else,…
What a faithful God have I
Read more: What a faithful God have IIt is amazing how God deals with us. Today I was stood in the kitchen washing dishes when it came to me that God has truly been healing me the last week, the last month, but then I realized that it was not just healing it was forgiveness, and the healing that comes from realizing…
Pandoras box
Read more: Pandoras boxI have been staring at this post for a long time. Not because I have nothing to write but because there is so much to say and I do not know where to start. I am wondering if I chose the right title. Pandora’s box it sure feels like it, I opened a door to…
You are not on your own
Read more: You are not on your ownHanna preached on God’s promises when in depression today at Southwark and God showed up! It was a great day and God certainly spoke to me. I have carried a wound with me since I was a little boy and I was moved from home to home (most of the time within the extended family).…
Beans, books and podcasts
Read more: Beans, books and podcastsToday I was back at the drop in at Southwark. I had a great time chatting to the team and to the people showing up for beans and toast at Southwark. Another thing going on right now is that I am plowing through Wild at heart and The way of the wild heart written by…
First Sunday at Southwark
Read more: First Sunday at SouthwarkWell we have had Sundays at Southwark before, just not any where we have been preaching or leading. Today I preached on God’s promises when in Love. It was very different to preach at Southwark than to be part of the congregation and I felt like I had to work real hard to get the…
A day on the beach
Read more: A day on the beachToday we went to Brighton. It was a day out with Southwark corps and after a bit of confusion regarding buses (and no trains running out of Denmark Hill) we ended up taking the train from Victoria to Brighton. Brighton pier was just beautiful and alltough it was rather cold and really windy it was…
A good day!
Read more: A good day!Today has been a good day. I started out early going to Saint Michaels. We spent seven hours doing talks on the Salvation army and chatting with the kids at the school. It was great. One of my favourite moments was when one of the boys after a really serious discussion on gang violence and…
First day of summer placement
Read more: First day of summer placementYesterday was our last day of curriculum and today we went out into a brave new world. Our first day of summer placement. Through the torrents of rain we braved the streets of London and arrived at Southwark (as this has been our “home” corps while in training it wasn’t exactly new to us, but…
Why do I need sword fighting?
Read more: Why do I need sword fighting?IMG_8545 Originally uploaded by gilbertdeschamps Last week I was asked by one of my students, why do I need to sword fight? The question was asked with the implication: as a Christian, why should I spend my time on this. The short answer was of course ‘You don’t!’ but as with everything, there is more…
Intergalactic towel day 2008
Read more: Intergalactic towel day 2008It’s that time of year again, to don our towels and march out proudly and celebrate Intergalactic towel day! The [[Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy]] makes the following statement about towels A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value –…
Walking the walk.
Read more: Walking the walk.As Christians we know how important it is to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. Hanna has therefore bravely decided to help raise funds for breastcancer research through walk the walk. Hanna will, together with two other cadets in our session, do a Moonwalk, a late night walk through town in their…
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