Patrik Olterman
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…
Weapons and Worship
Read more: Weapons and WorshipThe last six months have been a desert experience for me, it seems that every time I am in any kind of spiritual training this is what happens, I feel completely cut off and dry spiritually. One thing I have realised lately though is that one of the reasons I feel so dry is that …
Living by the sword
Read more: Living by the swordHanna and the kids have been in Croatia for Easter break and I have been in London trying to pick the brains of some of the best WMA instructors around. It has been a week of many bruises long hours on busses and trains but oh so worth it! The Exiles The Exiles is a…
Easter and essay madness
Read more: Easter and essay madnessAs time marches on we struggle to meet deadlines on essays and collectaneas and other assignments. If we are not working on an assignment then we are preparing a sermon or a meeting plan. The assignments range widely between biblical studies, pastoral care and mission studies. Because of the difference in subject the styles of…
Lent, placements and essays
Read more: Lent, placements and essaysIt has been a few really hectic weeks here at WBC, as the officer training course relentlessly moves, we try our best to keep up with the demands of full time academic studies. We are handing in work every Friday (or Thursday if it is a preaching for placement) and it seems we will continue…
A cool cat
Read more: A cool catAlmost a year ago I bought my [[cuecat]] through Librarything. Hanna was livid, why would I spend money on a barcode scanner?? As we get ready for our college Collectanea inspection we dusted of our cuecat and scanned in every book in our library into Alexandria, a library program. Now our whole bookshelf is organised…
Sacrifice
Read more: SacrificeThe next leg of our Journey has begun and the essay race is back on, we are constantly looking for new ways to study more efficiently and to coordinate our reading with our essay writing….
Very good indeed
Read more: Very good indeedAs time marches on here at William Booth College we are finally getting some of our papers back. Overall we are both doing good but I think that for Hanna the highlight of the month was getting our new testament papers back. I managed to write a “very good” essay while Hanna’s came back as…
Language and Spirituality
Read more: Language and SpiritualityOne could imagine with a title like that, that this was going to be a real serious post… But alas it is not! Hanna has always wondered how she would do if we where to go as missionaries to Croatia seeing that she doesn’t speak ‘church‘ in Croatian as it turns out we are both…
Happy New Year
Read more: Happy New YearIt’s raining in London. I wish I had some snow to go with my Christmas tree. The girls are going nuts in the apartment with all their new toys, Angelina stealing Anja’s Christmas presents and vice versa. Still trying to realize that it was just a few months ago we moved in at William Booth…
On the discipline of prayer
Read more: On the discipline of prayerThere’s a lot of talk about silent prayer and personally I have always found it hard to pray silently. It’s not that I think praying silently is wrong, I just consider it a higher discipline. I don’t know about you but most of the time when someone asks you to bow your head and take…
Field 5
Read more: Field 5The pressure is constantly on here at college, but some students, who shall remain nameless to protect the “Innocent“, have excelled in field five. Field five is the study of pranks and practical jokes. So far only tutors have been targeted but who knows where this will lead?! Todays comic is somewhat of an inside…
