Patrik Olterman
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…
Anjas first steps
Read more: Anjas first stepsAfter a month of wobbling Anja is gaining her elephant, she has balance and control! Watch her walk here.
Graceful power.
Read more: Graceful power.I was reading Brian Price’s Boook of the Tournament this morning. There was this passage talking about why we do what we do, that is suit up in full armor and fight in the chivalric tournament. And aside from fighting for the romance and the dream, aside from honoring the chivalric form we have the…
For all of you about to rock, I salute you!
Read more: For all of you about to rock, I salute you!Last night when Hanna went to her small group I didn’t know what to do with myself I was bored… When I asked Hanna what to do she said whatever you do, have fun! So I decided to blow the evening off with something fun. I Downloaded [[Frets on Fire]] ((An open source guitar hero…
WSD website go live!
Read more: WSD website go live!After a lot of work the WSD website goes live. This site is to inform, recruit and gather the WSD – Warrior Self Defence martial arts school. This is a great moment for the school as this marks the finish of the conversion from a [[MMA]] to a [[WMA]] WSD now invites for study groups…
The similarities between Christianity and open source
Read more: The similarities between Christianity and open sourceBeing a full time missionary and a certified Linux proffessional I cannot help but watch how similar these two areas of my life are. The passion and sacrificial nature of the followers and the resistance of the world Both communities … …Are run by a mish mash of volonteers and large companies (denominations). …Have highly…
The importance of virtue.
Read more: The importance of virtue.In my devotion yeterday I came across a piece of scripture that spoke to me about the Knightly virtues. 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs…
New photos
Read more: New photosNew photos up in the gallery, only for those who won’t get nauseated by cute children.
Whom have you forgiven today?
Read more: Whom have you forgiven today?This sunday Sarah preached on John 20:19-23, her message was actually about waiting on the Lord but this phrase got stuck in my head. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld. We all know that we are to forgive others so that…
The call for contemplative silence
Read more: The call for contemplative silenceTuesday night when I was talking at Metro I described the tension between our ministry driven church programs and the call of God to an almost monastic life. It is my firm belief that God is calling us to worship Him before we do any thing for Him. It is also my belief that that…
The merton prayer
Read more: The merton prayerThis prayer was written by [[Thomas Merton]] in his book thoughts in solitude. MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I…
A daily prayer
Read more: A daily prayerThis prayer is credited to St. Ignatius of Loyola. A medieval warrior monk. It is a cry to God to become a true Knight, generous, serving, selfless in service of the greater good. A warrior of Love! Lord teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve You as You deserve. Teach me to give…
Preaching at Metro tonight, 2007-04-10
Read more: Preaching at Metro tonight, 2007-04-10Time to appear at Metro again today, they have been bugging me for months that I should come back and preach at their youth event again but as they have their youth night when we have SSG practice it just wont happen that often. This week however I decided to go! I have been asked…
Aim lower, think smaller, give up & go, have a cup of coffe
Read more: Aim lower, think smaller, give up & go, have a cup of coffeWhat a great Christian slogan! All joking aside this is one of the best videos I have seen in a long while… Spread the word! [gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KaI6wmapPIc”][/gv] This is why I am a youth worker for life! People where fine with me being a youth worker when I was 14 and noone even blinked when…
Prayer before battle
Read more: Prayer before battleI got this sent to me on The Curia ((SCA people recreating the medieval church)) mailing list and I thought I’d share it. It is a fantastic prayer, aparently prayed by a templar knight before a battle in the holy land. Almighty God, Eternal Father, Lord of Lords, have mercy upon me, a humble knight…
Going about…
Read more: Going about…I am preparing a teaching for tuesdays youth meeting at Metro. I have been asked to preach on time, how to plan it what to do with it. As I am exploring my Ideas of Gods time or the art of becoming, I ran across this fantastic poem written by [[Toyohiko Kagawa]], a Christian and…
Salvationism revisited
Read more: Salvationism revisitedSister Eleanor at the Evening Beaches Blog picked up on the conversation I had wit Graeme on which he blogged over at UK Salvationist. At the same time the discussion about uniform is yet again adressed over at Blod & Eld ((The Swedish Salvation Army Youth web community)). It all comes together in a discussion…
