Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
My job is instructing chaplain candidates at Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre. I teach a variety of courses and they are all important. However, I just finished teaching phase four of the chaplain basic qualification course. This is the last part to get them to the operational function point, the place where they are … Read More “Seeing Chaplains Graduate” »
As you probably know, I am an instructor at the Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre. However, I have not instructed since December, Until this past week. For the past few months, I have been taking the courses that I will be eventually teaching. For example, the course I am teaching right now is one … Read More “Back to Teaching” »
You may remember me saying some time ago that I was done all my chaplain courses at the chaplain school. I did not need to take any more. But since then I have taken a number, and in fact I am just finishing my third course since then. What’s up? The military looks at training … Read More “Another Course Done…” »
I have only been at my new job for a few months but I can say confidently that I love my job as a chaplain instructor. Why do I enjoy it? Part of it is the people I get to work with. Part of it is it includes teaching. Part of it is it includes … Read More “Did I Mention I Love My Job?” »
Our family is in a time of tremendous transition. We are both moving back to Ontario and I have taken on a new career path. So how are things going? There has been a lot of hurry up and wait. I will not go into details, but there have been a number of obstacles that … Read More “Things Are Coming Together” »
As I have been sharing, I have taken on a new position as a permanent instructor at the Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre. This brings together my two loves: teaching and chaplaincy. Today was the first day of actual teaching in the role. Most of the candidates arrived yesterday and this afternoon I started … Read More “And So Teaching Begins…” »
This is a hectic time for the Bedard family. I will soon be teaching at the chaplain school at CFB Borden. That was one things that we knew for certain. Everything else has been up in the air. Until recently, we did not even know where the family was moving to. We knew that we … Read More “Moving Ahead” »
As I recently announced, I will soon begin a new position as a permanent instructor at the Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre. But that does not mean that my time as a student is finished. I just returned from two weeks at the chaplain school where I was taking the Initial Leadership Course. This … Read More “Another Course Completed” »
