Fireworks

A very nice aspect about Vancouver's summer [other than the significant break in rain] is the fireworks festival. For two weeks on the Wednesday and Saturday evenings immaculate firework spectacles which hundreds of thousands of people go out to are on display.

Two things:

1] Fireworks are like a theophany. The blasts, billows of smoke, gleaming seas of glass, glare and brilliance remind me of The throne. It was a worshipful experience.

2] Fireworks could be a perfect opportunity to invade with an open air meeting. There are piles of people out and since the fireworks are so worshipful, a worship set [30 mins] could be choreographed with the fireworks. I'd like to do this sometime without completely annoying those who listen to the fireworks synced radio station. Maybe if you are in a city with fireworks not put to music you have something to go on.

Talk About Warfare

Tonight someone threw a bottle through our window at kneedrill. The shattered glass showered a 3 year old, but he was miraculously uncut. Moreover, our War Room had the reminants of pepper spray... What to do? Cancel Knee Drill! Not in this neck of the urban jungle.

We took it to the streets, came back and debriefed and mostly thanked God for the pepper spray [which was prophetic] and the broken glass. God is good in all things.

Grace
JE

Why you should go...

My brother, brother in-law and I are on a Keith Green kick. Not only his music but his writing. Check out his militancy and writing. I should use this to recruit.

http://www.lastdaysministries.org/nations/whyyoushouldgo.html

A strange thing happened on the way...

I'm walking to Hastings and Columbia for a coffee at Radiostation and I spot a 20 something lady with a huge Salvation Army shield shirt. I had to jaywalk and get over the street to meet our new community member or recruit! She was going to fit right in with us... tattoos, cool sunglasses, walking in the downtown eastside...

"Hey are you a Salvo?" I asked.
"Huh?"
Oh she was new... "Are you in The Salvation Army?"
"What? Do I look like The Salvation Army?"
"You're wearing our shirt."
"Why did you think I was The Salvation Army?"
Surprised she didn't know what she was wearing... she didn't have a white and red cane and the dog was a chiwawa not a lab retreiver I repeated. "You're wearing our shirt. I thought you were one of us."

She took off really fast, offended that I thought she was here.

So... application: We've become a cool shirt to wear. This is really good news. We're cool. How about we take over our cool market by sallying up.

Second: we need to rebrand our soldiers so there is no confusion. Anyone can wear the shield but, to show you are really in you need to wear something else... A tunic, the Geoff Ryan black epaulet sweater or revive the crest look!

Graffiti

The Kingdom present in the hopes of our neighbourhood. All creation groans... even this wall.

First podcast

Hey so we're trying to figure this out. Aaron and I meet in the War Room and pray and talk what God has been speaking about in our lives... We call it 'electronic warfare.' We should do it again soon so this is for the early summer. We're trying to replace the conversations our Commissioner and Chief sent out and podcast. Have a listen and comment if you like it. [Thanks to C Michel]