Major Ian Thomas Dies at 92

I just found out that the Major died at the age of 92 on the 1st Aug. I found out while listening to Joni and Friends on Moody radio this morning. Joni talks about his death in her radio segment. If you want to listen to it then go here, and select the 10/30/2007 show titled The Church Militant and Triumphant. The discussion of his death starts at about 1:50 seconds into the show.

I am so thankful that the Lord gave me the privilege of attending Ravencrest Chalet shortly after I became a Christian. I look forward to meeting all of my fellow Torchbearers when I get to heaven, and I know we will all thank the Major for his faithfulness here on earth.

Update: More information can be found here: http://www.majorianthomas.com/

Celebrating Ezzo week

TulipGirl is blogging about Ezzo week. Please stop by her blog and take a few minutes to read some of her posts. Here are two links (1 2)

This reading is not just for new parents. Make sure you know who Ezzo is so that when he and his books are brought up in conversations at church you will be able to speak intelligently about topics such as Failure to Thrive, Loss of Milk Production, Lies about Family beds (remember they use to call SIDs "Crib Death" for a reason), Cry it out, and Gary Ezzo's 2 Excommunications

Back when I went to school up at Ravencrest one of the guest speakers had a saying that still resonates with me to this day. He said: "Rules without relationship leads to rebellion". One of my biggest beefs with Ezzo is that he focuses on the rules and behavior and thus lets the relationship take the backseat. Remember that God says "...with loving-kindness I have drawn you" Jeremiah 31:3b. One easy question that we should ask while rearing our kids is: Am I drawing my kids into a relationship with me and by proxy into relationship with God, through loving-kindness? I think ultimately you could ask yourself: Am I parenting my children the way that God parents me?

Though, the problem with my last question is that a lot of Christians are so busy punishing, chastising, disciplining, and belittling themselves that they don't have a clue how God parents them. All they know is what their legalism tells them, not what God in his word has told them. Yes, it ain't pretty.

proposal

Vin, one of the bloggers in my Torchbearers blog roll, asked Kesha to marry him. His proposal was pretty good. Check out Kesha's post about it.

the hunt

blog hunt

I have found myself on a hunt the last several days, and am surprised to find that I have only bagged two blogs. I am hunting down fellow torchbearers. I am looking to start a new blog roll of torchbearers. I really don?t care which school you went to. I went to Ravencrest Chalet back in 94, 95 and a very small part of 96. So far I have found one that attended Ravencrest Chalet and one from Capernwray Hall. Part of my hope with this post is to get enough words and links to the torchbearer schools so that google will help people find me. The fact is that there might not be a whole lot of torchbearers that blog out there, but I hope I am wrong about that.

So if you attended one of the schools below and have a blog then give a comment and a link. Or if you have anything you would like to say one way or the other, then leave a comment.

Below is a list of all the torchbearer schools that I know of:
Albania: Udh?kryq
Australia: Wongabri
Austria: Schloss Klaus & Tauernhof
Canada: Capernwray Harbour Bible Centre & Porteurs du Flambeau
Costa Rica: Portantorchas
England: Capernwray Hall
France: Champfleuri
Germany: Bodenseehof & Klostermuehle
Greece: Kingfisher Project
India: Himalayan Torchbearers
Indonesia: Pondok Kepenrey
Japan: Yamanakako Cove
New Zealand: Monavale
Romania: Purtatorii de Faclie
Spain: Rio Vida
Sweden: Holsby Brunn
USA His Hill , Ravencrest Chalet & Timberline Lodge