Love them enough to get attached, to let them overtake your home and capture your heart. And if the day comes when the in-between time is over, take a deep breath, say a prayer and love them as they wave goodbye. 

In Sydney, N.S., as with many communities across Canada, an increasing number of international students have come in recent years to pursue an education. Their first few months can be disorienting.They don’t have social connections and are faced with a new culture, a new climate and an economy where housing is scarce and costs are high.

Welcome to The Home Front, a new series where we highlight the mission and ministry taking place around our territory. Over the next 12 issues of Salvationist, we will visit each Canadian province and territory, as well as Bermuda, and celebrate the innovation and impact the Army is having in corps, social services and youth ministry.

A team from the Ontario Division spent two weeks doing construction work on Salvation Army facilities in Kingston, Jamaica, in February.

In recent years, loneliness has been described as an epidemic. While the isolation experienced during the pandemic has decreased, the lack of social connection continues. For some, loneliness is a lifelong struggle. What makes this such a debilitating struggle is that we are not meant to be solitary; we are built for community. The God of love

For Regan Lipsett, his faith journey can be summed up in one word. "It always came back to love.”

Climate change represents a growing threat to people and the planet. In 2015, the majority of countries around the world adopted the Paris Agreement, an international framework to reduce the effects of climate change by limiting the rise of global temperature to 1.5 C. Salvationist features editor Giselle Randall spoke with Major Heather Poxon, the first territorial environmental officer in the United Kingdom and Ireland Territory, about how she is helping to change hardware and hearts.

I believe God gave us music as a tool of worship, but also as a tool to help us understand our world through emotional expression and practical application.

Ruth Sinnott is a long-term volunteer at Hope Community Church in Ajax, Ont.

The textile industry is one of the fastest-growing and highest waste-producing industries in the world. Short trend cycles and high consumption are leading to the rapid disposal of used goods, of which half could be re-used and a quarter could be recycled, according to the Textile Waste Reduction Strategy Act. And although it is a global