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my 'virtual scratchpad' in which I explore history, theology, ministry, mission and social justice issues related to youth work

Friday, August 20, 2010

David and the Army

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David, dressed in his overall,      Daddy's cap with his horn and all, Wants to go to the Army hall      To play in the Army band. F...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Christianity in Action: The International History of The Salvation Army

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I want to highly recommend the book, Christianity in Action: The International History of The Salvation Army. It is written by Colonel Henr...

Karl Marx, the Gospel and Spiritual Transformation

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Did you know? That Karl Marx memorized by heart all four of the gospels? And yet the founder of communism died an atheist? This is why we mu...
Monday, August 09, 2010

"The Great Purpose of The Salvation Army" - Bramwell Booth

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The great purpose of The Salvation Army is to save. It is for this we fight; it is for this we suffer; nay, it is for this we exist. Our Mas...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

12 Reasons Why Every Corps Should Invest in Junior Soldiers

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Here are 12 reasons why I believed that every Corps should be promoting Junior Soldiers. I have recently embarked on an analysis of the 10 c...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

GRAIN, RAVENS AND MACARONI CHEESE - Beyond the Entitled Life: Christian Leadership in the Midst of Economic Crisis

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GRAIN, RAVENS AND MACARONI CHEESE: Beyond the Entitled Life: Christian Leadership in the Midst of Economic Crisis “We are very early in...
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Friday, January 09, 2009

The Delinquent Miracle - The Spark that Set The Salvation Army on Fire in America, 1879

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Over this past year, I have been busy researching the historical development of children’s and youth work in The Salvation Army in the Unite...
Thursday, January 08, 2009

Phoebe Palmer on The Children

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This is one of the most beautiful poems that I have read on children's work. It was written by Phoebe Palmer - Catherine Booth's i...
Thursday, June 05, 2008

Emma Booth Tucker on Salvation Army Children's and Youth Work

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This is a portion out of Frederick Booth-Tucker's biography of his wife (and daughter of William and Catherine Booth), Emma 'The Con...
Sunday, June 01, 2008

The Wesleyan Influence on the Rights of Children

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I just discovered that many consider the Methodist Wesleyan, Hannah More (contemporary of John Wesley, William Wilberforce and Robert Raikes...

Reclaiming Children's Ministry

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I have just come off of a non-stop, action-packed, three months of touring around the Territory with our Railton students, teaching cadets Y...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

General Shaw Clifton - "Children"

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I was truly blessed the other day when I saw that the seventh Pastoral Letter from General Shaw Clifton, the current General of The Salvatio...
Sunday, February 10, 2008

Metaphors of Children's & Youth Work: The Uniqueness of the Dominant Metaphor in The Salvation Army

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THIS POST IS ONLY PARTIALLY COMPLETE. MORE TO FOLLOW SHORTLY A while ago, I picked up the book, Children matter: Celebrating their place in...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Out of the Ashes: The Rise of the New Self - A Call to Holiness

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This morning, I was blessed to be able to sit in chapel under the ministry of my good friend, Captain Young Kim. I arrived a little bit late...
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Steve Bussey
Suffern, New York, United States
Co-Director of Railton School for Youth Worker Training - The Salvation Army, USA Eastern Territory
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