Major W. Ian Thomas went home to be with the Lord early Wednesday, August 1. In our hearts we stop to salute him and to give thanks to the Lord for his life. Like so many, we were blessed and privileged to meet him and to be ministered to through his life and message. He impacted our lives in the early 70s when, in the providence of God, we were thrown together with him in ministry in a church in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Later, after the publishing of our first musical, “Alive Again,” the Major became aware of its emphasis on the indwelling life of Christ and asked if we’d be open to having Capernwray arrange a UK tour presenting the work in all four “countries.” This was done some months later with a choir of 100 voices during which we experienced God’s blessings upon each of the presentations.

Subsequently we had the honor and privilege to minister with him on a number of occasions. This statement of the Major’s still resonates in our hearts and minds:

I can’t, He never said I could. He can, He always said He would.

And so, like him, our hope ever rests on the indwelling life of Christ who abides in our hearts. He will be missed, but how much richer our lives have been for having been touched by his.