People are still in need of the hope offered through the gift of God incarnate. We are invited to respond to their cries with the encouraging words of his goodness and light, so that we, too, can play a part in illuminating the darkness.

We do not need to buy all the things, cook a gourmet meal or lead the perfect Christmas Eve service to prove our worth.

The Salvation Army was created to reach those who wouldn’t normally be welcomed. 

Gratitude is best cultivated when we take whatever time necessary to sit with our grief, embrace suffering and resist numbing out in the face of hardship. It’s these very things that become the means to cultivating an intimate and more honest connection with God.

On this Remembrance Day, we remember those who fought and died for others, but we also remember them in the way we choose to live throughout the year. 

We live in a culture of toxic positivity that thrives off memes that quip, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” and T-shirts that read, “Good Vibes Only.” Some feelings are easier to bear than others, but trying to exist in a “Good Vibes Only” world isn’t realistic or healthy. 

The Salvation Army’s Ethics Centre is facilitating a study and conversation series called “Suffering Well and Suffering With.”

Our parenting is always evolving. It’s loud and it’s messy. But we do it together.

Music can grab people like words seldom do. Music can entertain, draw attention and even bridge the gap between the often-insular language of the church and the world beyond our doors.

It’s that time of year again. In the midst of all that our world has experienced and continues to wrestle with, we are invited to the table to give thanks together. We pause to celebrate the blessings and to hear again God’s invitation to be a people who bless.  Before the arrival of European settlers, First Nations across Turtle Island— how