Patrik Olterman
Thank You!
Read more: Thank You!I am deeply moved by all the kind words and prayers we are receiving on Facebook, and via email today as we are getting ready for maybe one of the most important meetings of our lives (well at least for the next couple of years!). Keep praying guys, we really need it! And all the…
Today is the day ….
Read more: Today is the day ….At two o’clock today we will commence our appointments consultation. Trying to be prepared is very hard as we do not know what to prepare for, so if you have the time, pray for us on this very important day. I have woken up every half hour through the night and Hanna has unfortunately contracted…
Reflecting on our upcoming appointment
Read more: Reflecting on our upcoming appointmentTomorrow is the day when we find out what the Salvation Army has planned for our future. People keep asking me if I have figured out where we are going (like there where only one or two possible choices). But at last glance in the dispo there where about 160 corps to choose from and…
Armylife impossible!
Read more: Armylife impossible!I have the theme tune of mission impossible playing in my mind constantly, and have all sorts of bizarre scenarios of what Saturdays consultation will be like. Most of them have some sort of feel of Mission Impossible or any other secret agent movie. I am reminded of the chapter in Brian Mclaren’s The Secret…
In preparation of our orders – Army life
Read more: In preparation of our orders – Army lifeSo having spent nearly two years being told that we are going to be told where to go, we are now given a consultation where we have to reply to our appointment. It is a scary thing to be responsable for such a big decision especially after you have been lulled into the false security…
Distractions – canon fodder
Read more: Distractions – canon fodderTrying to put my mind on essays is very hard right now as all I can think of is the upcoming appointment on Saturday. So I try to distract myself in any way I can. Enter Multiwinia. It is mindless stick-man slaughter, but in the age of post-modernism one has to ask what about stick-man…
Changed to bring change.
Read more: Changed to bring change.Found this clip on Brian Mclarens blog, listen enjoy and be changed!
Multiwinia THE mac game of the year.
Read more: Multiwinia THE mac game of the year.Every now and then I must post a geeky post. It is just not possible not to do it because I am a geek. So I was looking for a game to play and blow off some steam. I was delighted to find a port of Neverball for mac but as great as the game…
Update
Read more: UpdateThis blog has faded some as I have been concentrating on writing in Swedish over at the awakening heart (Need to brush up my Swedish for the upcoming move). We have now been in England for 18 months and will be returning to Sweden in August. We have been waiting for some time to receive…
My Swedish blog in YOUR language!
Read more: My Swedish blog in YOUR language!As Hanna and I are transitioning towards moving back home to Sweden, I have taken to writing on my Swedish blog, to the annoyance of many of my faithful readers. Well fear not, the internet is a wonderful and magical place. Now you can access my Swedish blog in your preferred language!! So bookmark the…
Patience
Read more: PatiencePa-tience [‘pā sh ens] noun. 1. The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble or suffering without getting angry or upset. 2. chiefly British term for solitaire As we are still waiting to find out about where we are going to be posted we find ourselves living in the twilight zone. It is a place…
Please pray for me
Read more: Please pray for meEvery now and then there has to be a post like this, and so here it is. When I was 13 I worked in a warehouse and hurt my back. Since then I get back pain every now and then paralysing me and rendering me unable to move for a few days. When I train…
Appointments
Read more: AppointmentsThe room was full of electric nervous energy. Not that anything was going to change… At the same time everything is about to change for the majority of the people in the room. It was a weird place to be as a spectator. I knew our appointments where not among the brown envelopes on the…
NCD Resources
Read more: NCD ResourcesAs many have been given their new appointments only to discover that their new appointments includes “Getting your head around NCD” I thought I would repost my NCD links and recourses for you to enjoy! If you are going to read one book on NCD, I would recommend you to start with Color your world…
Remember
Read more: RememberI lost my keys, again, I need to be writing an essay, I need to go to the library, and I must hurry to get my kids, and I cannot find my keys. Frantically I look through the flat, no luck…. Hang on a minute, what good is it to be a friend of an…
N.T. Wright on heaven and hell
Read more: N.T. Wright on heaven and hellI stumbled across some great N.T. Wright clips at: http://100huntley.com/browse.php?tag=theology great stuff!
Boothcamp II – Epilogue
Read more: Boothcamp II – EpilogueHow do we even begin to describe this event?! It has been a journey, it has been a battle but it has also been a glorious victory. We had some setbacks like the fact that the translator got really ill halfway through the first meeting, our car breaking down, lots of irritation and distorted communication.…
Going to Latvia: Boothcamp II – Prologue
Read more: Going to Latvia: Boothcamp II – PrologueSo today we fly of to Riga, to prepare for three days of Boothcamp, a National Latvian youth camp in the small town of Drusti. It is the second time we do this camp but a first for Hanna to speak at an event like this. At the camp we will be teaching “Epic” and…
Marriage is war!
Read more: Marriage is war!Many don’t even know it, even fewer will acknowledge it. But it is true. Not only is Christian life in itself warfare, but as you give your vows on your wedding day, you are immediately propelled right up to the front line in this war. Both John Eldredge, Rob Bell and many other Christian writers…
Your presence
Read more: Your presenceHow can I describe your presence, I can’t, I won’t There is nothing that compares to it. Words would taint it, sully it, how can I do that to you. But, what else can I talk about, there is nothing else worth mentioning. It is the sweet darkness of death, the insensitive stark light of…
Prayer answered
Read more: Prayer answeredSome people have reacted and commented on last nights post. Here is the follow up from today’s journal entry…. so my prayer this morning was: Either I am blind or everyone else is, I pray that it is me! I do not challenge you to prove that I am right, I long to be proven…
This can't be it …
Read more: This can't be it …I am tired, sad and hungry …. there must be more to it than this. The Bible promises more, my memory is filled with glories past, so why is there not anything here and now to quench my thirst? Here is my journal entry from today: Talking about God like he is not in the…
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…
