Putting feathers on dinosaurs
BODY BUILDER It's funny how something can be said that sets off a whole new train of thought. Recently, for instance, I was eating breakfast and half listening to the television news when I heard the announcer say that
FOCUS – We need ideas
At our staff prayers yesterday, Sharon read a Pentecost hymn that describes the Holy Spirit as a "kaleidoscope of sevenfold light." We had just said good-bye to the last of the guests who had been at the Ethics Centre for
David H.– “Something magical with God”
IN PROCESS "God, please just give me one more chance, just one more chance! I told you things like a little boy--that I was gonna change, and then went and did my own thing anyway--but, please, God, just one more
On the Corner
BY ROBERT DOCTER - An open letter to Ambassadors of Grace I hope you embrace that identity as representing a lot more than your session name. I hope you see yourselves as Grace-filled ambassadors to a hurting world burdened with
Forty years and counting
This year I complete 40 years service as a Salvation Army officer. I was a member of the session known as the "Soldiers of Christ." Ours was the first of the two year sessions. I would like to tell you
Frontlines — News Briefs of the West
Commissioning weekend, with the newly appointed captains going out into the field, always reminds me of the Army's great history of practical service--quite in keeping, I think, with James' admonition: "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless
Letters to the Editor
GOVERNMENT AND THE ARMY The April 24 New Frontier was a very helpful and comprehensive approach to the use of government resources for "God's work." The reprint of Major Strickland's article was a gem. Keep up the good work.
Promoted to Glory
MRS. MAJOR CLAUDIA BEGONIA (R) was promoted to Glory on May 17, 2001, from the La Mirada Specialty Hospital, La Mirada, CA, after a lengthy illness. Claudia Narvarro was born August 8, 1920, in Carcar, Cebu, Philippines, the eldest
New ARC women’s residence receives a warm welcome
BY DAWN MARKS - OFFICIATING AT THE ribbon cutting for the Anaheim ARC women's residence were (l-r) Commissioner Doreen Edwards, Major Mary Doss, Lt. Colonel Helen Starrett and advisory board member Sharon Morrison. More than 150 people, including Salvation Army
Four new NAB members from West
MR. RICHARD (DICK) DAVIS is a resident of Rancho Mirage, CA, and Oakland, CA, and has had a lifetime career in real estate. As a team, he and his wife, Beverly, are dedicated philanthropists. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are
T. L. Williams trust fund changes lives
BY MAJOR CAROL PONTSLER - THE SENIOR NUTRITION Program is supported by the T.L. Williams trust. Picture a group of women eagerly shopping for clothing, who will look "public ready" and professional following a workshop by local business people on
Crossbearers set for the summer
The Crossbearers Session will minister throughout the West during their summer assignments, effective June 20, 2001. Cadet Joanne Folch - Fairbanks, AK Cadet Joel Harmon - Kodiak, AK Cadet Joshua Sneed - Medford, OR Cadets Vaughan & Donna Bakke - Eureka,