Patrik Olterman
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…
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…
