Salvation Army senior soldier Geraldine Lambert has served in the Army in a variety of capacities. But what's constant is a life dedicated to trusting in God. "I rely on him every day," she says.

It’s important for Canadians to realize that Indigenous children are heavily represented in the child welfare system due to years of colonization, residential schools and the Sixties Scoop. This trauma will continue into future generations unless people are willing to learn the stories of colonization, which has and continues to threaten Indigenous communities.

There is no situation or circumstance that we can't face alone. Allow the arrival of
worry to trigger an acknowledgment of our own inadequacy and our need to turn it over to God.

For Salvation Army senior soldier Darryn Oldford, how we choose to respond to others reflects our own character. How can we not cause offence? Err on the side of compassion, he says.

Willowbuds is a mom-and-tots program of The Willows, a Salvation Army church in Langley, B.C.

When Debbie Nelson underwent brain surgery, her unborn child's life hung in the balance. Even now in the Salvation Army church that he attends, 11-year-old Hayden is still referred by members of the congregation as the "miracle child."

Celebrating his 90th birthday, Charlie McDougall is on a mission to raise $2,500 for The Burlington Salvation Army Community & Family Services to help during the pandemic. How? Walking 90 laps around his community, collecting $2 per lap.

As we strive to cultivate a community of shalom—of wholeness and flourishing—within our organization, one in which we believe the best in each other, want the best for each other and expect the best from each other, may we be quick to be good neighbours, sharing the gifts of time and vulnerability.

“It turned out pretty good, for a girl.” For a girl. I know the statistics. By age seven, many girls believe they are valued more for their looks than their character.  But I’ve raised you as an equal to your brother, to know that you are both made in the image of God and deeply loved as his children. I've raised you to know that you are capable and strong.

From Mali to the Bahamas, each International Emergency Services deployment has been unique for Carolynn Barkhouse, the divisional director of emergency disaster services, Alberta and Northern Territories Division. 

"I am called by God to do IES. And I wouldn’t change it for the world."