Be careful what you say in Theology class. That is the lesson Tracy learned when she told Mj. Harris she didn’t like to take the bus. I’m probably taking great liberties in my rendition of the outcome, but to paraphrase, “Tracy, you will have to ride the bus before we can commission you”. And so [...]
Friday, March 27, 2009
What is a wordle? Is it art? Is it the musings of a slightly deranged programmer? In its own words… Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different [...]
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Raised in a Godly home by wonderful Salvationist parents in La Scie, NL, did not deter me from rebelling against God during my teenage years. Circumstances brought me to Toronto, where I met my husband Brian. God gifted us with two sons, and 1979 we started attending Cedarbrae Corps in Scarborough, ON. Both of us [...]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
In pursuit of a better life my father and two friends arrived in Canada in 1971. After the Coup in 1973 the rest of the family decided to leave Chile and join my father. Not yet a teenager, the adjustment was extremely difficult and one that I would struggle with for many years. The life [...]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
My time at the CFOT has truly been both a blessing and time of immense spiritual growth. This time has provided me with an opportunity to further develop my own personal relationship with God and has also served as a time of invaluable preparation as I prepare for full time ministry as an officer. With [...]
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
On the eve of embarking on another youth adventure as a chaperone for a retreat, I am reflecting where the past seven years have brought me. Back in 2002 Tracy and I started our journey into full time ministry as youth directors and that continued until we entered CFOT in 2007. I was able to [...]
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Prior to life as an officer I worked for 12 years in residential model treatment homes for adolescents. Those years provided invaluable opportunities for learning and were influential in developing the talents and gifts God has placed in me to bring to ministry . Commissioned in 2002 with the “Crossbearers” session, my family and I [...]
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Shona was born and raised in Owen Sound, Ontario and is a 5th generation Salvationist. She has been a Salvation Army Officer for over 17 years and has been privileged to experience many opportunities to serve, grow and learn along the way. Along with her husband Keith, Shona has ministered as a Corps Officer in [...]
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
After a few years of teaching in the Canadian public school system, I entered Training College and I trained from 1992-1994 and was commissioned as a Crusader for Christ. My officership has been rewarding commencing with 3 years as an Associate Officer at Agincourt Temple, followed by 2 years as the Corps officer of Toronto [...]
Monday, March 9, 2009
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