Patrik Olterman
Happy Towel day!
Read more: Happy Towel day!Proposed as a tribute to the late science fiction author [[Douglas Adams]] it has been proposed that may 25:th should be proclaimed intergalactic [[towel day]]! In his legendary sci-fi classic [[The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy]] Douglas Adams describes a towel as: A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar…
Becoming human.
Read more: Becoming human.As we are well in to the Knightschool week of courage we have done confessions, it is remarkable how hard it can be to confess. Everyone of the squires (self included) wrestled with the “What will they think of me, how can I ever look them in the eyes again?” thought. It strikes me that…
Developing your Lion!
Read more: Developing your Lion!We are looking into courage in the knightschool and in SSG Riga we are starting to spar. For sparring a certain amount of courage is needed. The Lion in the Fiore system symbolises the bravery, courage and the chivalrous virtue of the fighter. In the segno the Lion holds a heart and it is my…
Knightschool squires are marching on!
Read more: Knightschool squires are marching on!Since we are diving deep into the virtue of Courage this week the first challenge of Courage was to confess deep dark secrets to a sister or brother of faith. I have to tip my hat to all the Squires of the Knightschool who faced this challenege with such bravado. Not only did they decide…
Chivalric virtue #2
Read more: Chivalric virtue #2[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/bngj67E2LY8″][/gv] The knightschool talk on courage.
Saturday night is duelling club
Read more: Saturday night is duelling clubSaturday nights was supposed to be our sparring night in SSG Riga . However we have not had the equipment to be able to spar safely, that is until now. After a very generous donation to the group from our dear friend Björn Flintberg we are now equipped with four Shinais and four fencing…
Self control, what a glorious idea!
Read more: Self control, what a glorious idea!Tonight I am speaking at Riga 1 – One Way, about Gods calling on your life and how to find out what God wants you to do. And as I go over the subject in my mind I keep coming back to this wonderful thing self control. Say the word self control to a bunch…
Homeless again….
Read more: Homeless again….So it is kind of fitting, we started our mission trip in Latvia 18 months ago living in the backroom of a church and now I am again living in one of the church offices (again thank God that the girls are not here for it, but are enjoying a sunny beach in Croatia). I…
Oh noes, not again!
Read more: Oh noes, not again!So yesterday they changed all the windows in my apartment, which is a good thing. The draft through the windows that we cannot open properly is horrible. But once again I am foiled by Latvian work ethic. The workers promised me as they started out that they would close the doors to the rooms as…
Chivalric virtue #1
Read more: Chivalric virtue #1[gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/xjJOKDtYbyM”][/gv] Trying out some video blogging here is the first of the eight chivalric virtues as explained by yours tuly. To accompany the launch of phase II of the knightschool project.
An inspiring moment.
Read more: An inspiring moment.Captain Danielle Strickland posted this recently at her blog ArmyBarmy Remix. It was a very nice devotion and a good time to reflect on Jesus. [gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/8M4_IlbaZHA”][/gv] Comment with your thoughts
Why are we so afraid…
Read more: Why are we so afraid…Why are we so afraid of solitude? I am now home alone as Hanna and the girls are in Croatia for two and a half weeks. And while I understand my feelings of emptyness and the feeling of purposelessness they are my everything… I find myself filling the apartment with sounds and lights, wishing that…
Swords and helmets
Read more: Swords and helmetsAs most of you know we have been running a Schola Saint George study group here at Riga One. It has been the corps sports activity and a way to meet new people from groups we would not normally reach. As a pilot project it has been succesful and well liked by our youth and…
We do so little!
Read more: We do so little!Yesterday I was struck with this thought, All our corps have such a large base of volonteers and people freely giving funds to our work and yet we have so little impact on the community around us. I am talking about the local corps here and not the Army as a whole. When I worked…
Reports from IMG-5
Read more: Reports from IMG-5So time for my second īsta Mīlestība Gaida (True Love Waits) conference here in Latvia, this time invited as a keynote speaker, talking on the 10 myths of Love. Preparing for this event has been a pain because no matter how much time I spent praying I could not feel peace over my presentation. It…
Thoughts on the Swedish Bible battle
Read more: Thoughts on the Swedish Bible battleThere has been a media storm the last month ofer Scandic hotels decision to remove the gideonite bibles from all the hotel rooms after one complaint from a swedish humanist. Several swedish bloggers like Emanuel Karlsten have taken actions to reverse this decision by gently asking scandic “What where you thinking?” How can you remove…
Taking a day off
Read more: Taking a day offI have been working non stop with the network and had no family time in weeks ….. It is time for a day of with the family!
A truly holy sunday….
Read more: A truly holy sunday….So after our Spirit led meeting we headed home to have some fellowship, Björn wanted to meet the youth and to relax a bit. We ordered four large Pizzas and got drinks and ice cream. It was great. We ate till we where ready to burst and then we ate some more. The girls had…
Coup d’etat by THS today at Riga 1
Read more: Coup d’etat by THS today at Riga 1Today was a really good day at Riga 1, Prayer before the service was powerful and the spirit of God was evident. The worship Rawked and on top of that The testimoys where so many and so powerful Sarah decided to skip the preaching, it was a real praise party! God is good and he…
A rambling saturday post
Read more: A rambling saturday postI really don’t have anything to write today, so I’ll settle for a status report. I have an old friend from Malmö visiting this weekend, Björn Flintberg one of the old garde Tomtar och Troll people from the olden days. We are sharing a lot about how our life turns out and how he made…
Fear not, I am with you!
Read more: Fear not, I am with you!Today we where visited shortly by Vic and Rose Poke whom held a short prayer at our coffe break. The word God had for us was from Isaiah 43:5 “Fear not, for I am with you…” And while most of us may shrug that of as something obvious I was struck by the incredible power…
iPod shuffle trouble in Feisty and an easy fix!
Read more: iPod shuffle trouble in Feisty and an easy fix!Yesterday at Hannas request I gave her an apple and a hug for her birthday. It turns out Hannas brand new pink iPod shuffle doesn’t play well in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn despite what a superficial google scan might tell you. Jump straight to the summary if you are impatient…. I tried to add songs to…
Hannas Birthday
Read more: Hannas BirthdaySo no blog post today, It’s Hannas birthday and I am swamped. I woke her up this morning with a whoopla, a latte with fresh pastries from Martinas Bekerija. Hanna had wished for an apple and a hug so I gave her and Apple Ipod-shuffle inscribed with the words from our wedding band and the…
Good Saint Georges day!
Read more: Good Saint Georges day!Today is the traditional day of Saint George the patron saint of Knights, Scouts, Canada, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia, the cities of Istanbul, Ljubljana and Moscow, as well as a wide range of professions, organisations and disease sufferers. Saint George is shrouded in Legend and no one really knows who he…
The non religious fanatic
Read more: The non religious fanaticIt is strange and almost humorous to watch Christer Sturmark argue against religious beliefs trying to sell the secular society as the only viable future of the world. In todays article in expressen Sturmark attacks religous beliefs with what can only be likened to a religious frenzy as he explains that humanistic values are the…
