Blog tagged as Mission
As you enter a new appointment you are not beginning a new book. There already exists a book where you are going, and many chapters have been written before you arrived. Rather, you now need to become part of that ongoing story. For that to happen you need to be accepted into the story by the people...
Easter is over.
One can almost hear the collective sigh of relief from many corps officers. Not that they do not appreciate and enjoy Easter and especially the Easter message, but a whole week of evening meetings during a normal working week is quite a deal – maybe even an ordeal.
Of course, th...
Sometimes questions pop up in my mind of the sort where there are no easy answers.
Usually it is the kind of questions that make one think, or at least makes me think. I carry round this, probably vain hope to one day sit down an explore the question, study, research and then write something sensibl...
It probably will not have escaped any readers of this that Billy Graham last week went from life to life or, as we say in The Salvation Army was promoted to Glory. Many have written tributes to this great man of God and I have no intention of adding to this. Actually, I have never heard Billy Graham...
Christmas is a time of joy – or at least it is supposed to be. Right from the beginning, the angel told the shepherds: "I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people" (Luke 2:10b) and when the wise men arrived at Mary and Joseph they were "overjoyed" (Matt. 3...