There are certain things which The Salvation Army can spare and still be The Salvation Army – citadels and other meeting places, for instance. Money, too, can be done without. The advantages of organisation are not entirely essential. One things, however, The Salvation Army cannot spare. The Army, which William Booth gathered together out of [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Pioneer Spirit
Posted: February 28, 2007 by Pilgrim Soldier in old uksalvationist postsTags: Mission, The Salvation Army
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Apparently James Cameron and an Israeli documentary maker Simcha Jacobovici are about to release information about a new docu-drama about the burial site of Jesus. You can read more at The Times and then follow the links. I suspect that this will run and run, but does anyone else wonder at the fact that there [...]
The habit of religiosity
Posted: February 25, 2007 by Pilgrim Soldier in old uksalvationist postsTags: God
While I was in the UK I borrowed a copy of Blue Like Jazz to read and thoroughly enjoyed it. I managed to read it all in just over a week, somewhat of a record at the moment. Anyway, there were a number of things that really caught my eye which I’ll post about over [...]
Not yet recommended
Posted: February 23, 2007 by Pilgrim Soldier in old uksalvationist postsTags: The Salvation Army
On Wednesday The Salvation Army’s Territorial Candidates Council met and considered my application for officership. The result was “Not yet recommended” which means that I will have to go back to an Assessment Conference this time next year after going through the things that the Army feel will benefit my future officership. The positive part [...]
