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Salvation Army Still Supporting Earthquake and Tsunami Victims in Chile
July 29, 2010 by Major Bill Barthau Leave a Comment
The Salvation Army in Chile continues to serve people affected by the earthquake and tsunami that brought devastation over a wide area in late February. Support is concentrated in central and southern Chile at Talca, Rancagua-Doñihue, Santa Clara, Dichato and Caleta Tumbes. Two feeding programmes operate to help elderly people and vulnerable families through the cold and damp winter. As … [Read more...]
General Shaw Clifton’s 20th Pastoral Letter
July 29, 2010 by General Shaw Clifton Leave a Comment
Dear Fellow Salvationists, I greet you each one in the sacred Name of Jesus. His Name is without equal. Only under his Name can salvation for our souls be found. Let our hearts leap upward with gratitude. As I write to you, London is going through a mid-summer heat-wave - or at least a heat-wave by London standards! We are grateful for every comfort in this sophisticated western city, yet we … [Read more...]
Overwhelming Response to God’s Call on Final Day of World Youth Convention
July 21, 2010 by Major Laurie Robertson 1 Comment
Saturday, the third day of the World Youth Convention, was dominated by social justice and evangelism. The addresses in the morning delivered by Commissioner Helen Clifton (World President of Women’s Ministries) and Commissioner Christine MacMillan (Director, International Social Justice Commission) graphically brought home the fact that sadly we live in a fallen world. However, both … [Read more...]
Challenge, Contemplation and Celebration Feature Strongly on Second Day of Salvation Army World Youth Convention in Sweden
July 17, 2010 by Major Laurie Robertson Leave a Comment
The second day of The Salvation Army World Youth Convention provided a wide variety of experiences with times of strong challenge, quiet contemplation, and noisy celebration. From the thought-provoking morning prayer meeting led by Captain Matt Clifton (UK Territory with the Republic of Ireland) and delegates of the pre-convention events, Time to be Holy 458 and Serve 24/ 7, to the … [Read more...]
Are we too busy doing church to be the Church?
July 17, 2010 by Major Fred Ash Leave a Comment
Summer is here, and most us have made our vacation plans. But how about a break from church? I don’t mean Church with a capital “C.” That Church is the body of Christ on earth. I mean church with a small “c,” the organization that demands so much of our time and effort, both physically and emotionally. I am not being radical when I say that most churches in Canada go on a summer … [Read more...]
More than 1,000 young Salvationists from around the world in attendance
July 16, 2010 by Major Laurie Robertson 4 Comments
Vuvuzelas, voices and vibrant passion marked the brief opening ceremony of The Salvation Army's Raised Up World Youth Convention at the University of Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday 15 July 2010. More than 1,000 delegates exuberantly gathered in the outdoor area between the main auditorium and the exhibition tents to watch Salvation Army, Swedish and Raised Up flags rise up the tall … [Read more...]
Ten questions that are transforming the faith, by Brian D. McLaren
July 15, 2010 Reviewed by Captain Mark Braye 6 Comments
Brian McLaren may be the most polarizing individual in Christianity today. He challenges assumptions and attitudes and asks uncomfortable questions. He entices; he’s provocative; he’s daring. His thought-provoking and insightful books include A New Kind of Christian, A Generous Orthodoxy, The Secret Message of Jesus and Everything Must Change. McLaren’s newest book does not disappoint or … [Read more...]
From Moncton to Haiti, physician John Li prescribes hope in difficult situations
July 15, 2010 Interview with Dr John Li 2 Comments
I’ve been a family physician in Moncton, N.B., since 1989. Through my family practice, I have close to 2,500 patients. In Moncton, family physicians also take care of their patients while in hospital, so I get up quite early in the morning to do rounds at the hospital before spending a full day at the office. I often have to return to the hospital to check on my sicker patients at the end of the … [Read more...]
My trip to concentration camps in Poland was a painful reminder of the suffering that none of us should forget
July 15, 2010 by Major Gillian Brown Leave a Comment
Religion should not think in a way of hatred,” says Max Eisen in reference to the horrors of the Holocaust. “There should be a love for the other person.” Eisen survived slave labour in the Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Melk and Ebensee camps and was forced to go on a death march in January 1945 where thousands died from exposure to severe weather conditions and malnutrition. He was … [Read more...]
After 18 years of service, I reflect on why I’m still a Salvation Army officer
July 13, 2010 by Major Kathie Chiu 4 Comments
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 been having a hard time restraining my frustration with some of the changes taking place, as she … [Read more...]
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