“Mayday! We’re Going Down!”
August 5, 2010 by Captain Orest Goyak
“Mayday! Mayday!” the pilot radioed frantically, using the Cessna’s call sign. “Foxtrot Papa Papa Juliet. We’re going down, we’re going down, can anybody hear us?” I sat in the co-pilot’s seat and watched the willows whip past me. Our plane was about to crash on a frozen lake deep in...
Why I’m an Officer
July 13, 2010 by Major Kathie Chiu
It was 1989. As we prepared to enter training college to become Salvation Army officers, our lives became busy and sometimes tempers would flare from the tension surrounding the anticipated changes we faced. One day, I was getting into the car with Sarah, my then eight-year-old daughter. I must have...
General Clifton Leads Officers’ Councils
June 19, 2010 by Major Max Sturge
Lt-Colonel Alfred Richardson, divisional commander for Newfoundland and Labrador, welcomed over 500 officers to officers’ councils and emphasized that the purpose of all of the weekend’s activities was to reaffirm God’s mission for us. Commissioner William Francis, territorial commander,...
Life With Joshua
June 17, 2010 by Kristen Gray
It was meant as a reward for good behaviour but when my son, Joshua, was confronted with row upon row of his favourite action figure at our local toy store, he went into sensory overload, which degenerated into kicking and screaming. I was in the middle of trying to calm him down when a woman passed...
Solemn Vows
June 17, 2010 by Major Ray Harris
They were solemn moments. Perhaps even confusing moments. The Passover meal had been prepared according to Jesus’ instructions. After they ate the meal, Jesus turned to his Twelve Apostles with startling words: “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood” (Luke 22:20 NRSV)....
The Prayer Warriors
June 13, 2010
On Saturday, June 19, the cadets of the Prayer Warriors Session will be commissioned and ordained as Salvation Army officers with the rank of lieutenant. For nearly two years, these 18 Salvationists have participated in intensive training co-ordinated through the College for Officer Training (CFOT) based...
Is the Flag Still Flying?
June 13, 2010 by Major Fred Ash
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming? Growing up adjacent to an American air force base in the 1960s,...
Catch the Vision
June 12, 2010 by Major Jim Champ
This month in the Canada and Bermuda Territory, we are focusing on the Atlantic Congress and Commissioning events taking place in St. John’s, N.L., from June 18-20. There are some in our ranks who believe that congresses have lost their allure and lustre. As rationale for discontinuing them, they put...
The Holy Life
June 5, 2010 General Shaw Clifton interviewed by John McAlister
As the world leader of The Salvation Army, General Shaw Clifton gives overall direction, develops international policy and ensures the integrity of the Movement. Together with his wife, Commissioner Helen Clifton, World President of Women’s Ministries, General Clifton travels worldwide to visit countries...
Living the Holy Life
April 28, 2010 General Shaw Clifton interviewed by John McAlister
As the world leader of The Salvation Army, General Shaw Clifton gives overall direction, develops international policy and ensures the integrity of the Movement. Together with his wife, Commissioner Helen Clifton, World President of Women’s Ministries, General Clifton travels worldwide to visit countries...
