My inbox is a daily reminder of the “tyranny of the urgent” and the lack of personal connection that plagues our society today.
Big Small Things
After historic floods hit Quebec, a family of evacuees finds new hope.
by Vanessa Pérugien
When heavy rainfall battered the southern region of Quebec this May, it caused the worst flooding the area had seen in two decades. As water washed over cities and towns, thousands of people were forced to leave their homes and now face the long process of rebuilding.
Just One Try
Jerry Mercer had been away from God for years. He found him at Conception Bay South, N.L.
by Diane Stark
In 1988, Jerry Mercer and his wife, Shirley, walked into the Salvation Army church in Conception Bay South, N.L. Mercer heard the beautiful sounds of the brass band and felt as though he’d come home.
The Life Aquatic
For swimmer Jillian Friesen, practising faith is more important than practising strokes.
by Jayne Thurber-Smith
How does 15-year-old swimmer Jillian Friesen train devotedly all year round, even though there is no indoor pool facility in her hometown of Arborg, Manitoba?
State of Emergency
As HIV rates increase, medical missionaries provide care and spiritual support.
by April Barthau
In September 2016, Canadian Salvationists April Barthau and Marco Herrera Lopizic embarked on a two-year mission in Papua New Guinea. A nurse and a doctor, they are running The Salvation Army's medical services in Port Moresby. In this blog for Salvationist.ca, April and Marco share their experiences.
A Growing Experience
Youth harvesting program in British Columbia yields much more than fruits and vegetables.
by Pamela Richardson
When Barb Stewart, program co-ordinator for The Salvation Army in Penticton, B.C., and Clark Taylor, youth pastor at Penticton’s First Baptist Church, met in 2011 to discuss programming for youth, they could not have imagined what God had in store.
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, out in theatres this month, recreates a turning point in the Second World War.
Mobilizing for Good
The Army shows its colours around the world.
by Commissioner Rosalie Peddle and Ester Ellen Nelson
Well done, good and faithful soldiers! We’ve passed the halfway mark of The Whole World Mobilising campaign and it has been amazing up to this point. It has been so exciting to see how Salvationists around the world have embraced this initiative and have been getting out there.
I recently read an article that suggests churches in North America are heading toward a pre-Reformation era form of worship, in which professional musicians perform in an unfamiliar language and the people are listeners and spectators. While this may be an extreme example, we should be careful to guard against a move in this direction.
"I can’t say what becoming a soldier will do for you,” says Matt Schnaider. “Soldiership is a personal commitment between you and your Saviour. No one can tell you when or why you should become a soldier or what will happen when you do. Only God can tell you that.”
