Pilgrim Soldier

Last night on the ArmyBarmy Blog Stephen Court made a great post listing the fact that there are opportunities for young people sprouting up all over the map! He then goes on to challenge young people to take the plunge, get themselves discipled and then get out into the world and make a difference!

I think this is great! In fact I even did one of them when I lived in the UK (although at 26 I was probably not that young anymore!)

However, what is there for those for whom the boat of youth has long since left the harbour? What is there for people my age and above who suddenly realise that they’ve missed out on something for fifteen, twenty, forty plus years of adulthood? Why for once can’t the radical stuff be aimed at people other than young people?

The solution for us always seems to be restricted to 3 options:

1. Go into officership
2. Give up our successful (or not so successful) careers and move ‘onto the frontlines’!
3. A combination of some or all the above!

The amount of material produced by the various Mission Teams, Battle Schools etc must be the size of a small mountain by now. Why can’t people distil this material and produce some sort of online library where people can be taught the same things as the youth are being taught?

Or am I missing the point? Is it only the young people we want to drive this Army forward or can the oldies join in too?