Following God requires courage to ask difficult questions: Where have we grown comfortable? Where might God be inviting us to change?
A Tale of Three Armies
It’s not about military might. It’s about obedience.
by Lt-Colonel Keith PikeGod accomplishes his purposes through those who walk in obedience to his leading.
Life Together
What the Blue Jays’ playoff run taught me about Christian community.
by Captain Laura Van SchaickIt was a Saturday evening, and October playoff baseball had inched its way into November. The Toronto Blue Jays had made their way to game seven of the 2025 World Series, and my family and I sat huddled around our TV, mirroring hundreds of thousands of households across Canada. After a charged and turbulent playoff run, including an 18-inning
I Am the Gate
Jesus invites us to a space of relationship, rest and abundance.
By Major Corinne CameronKNOWING CHRIST: Exploring the “I am” statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John.
Full of Grace
Project Hail Mary challenges our assumptions about the nature of sacrifice.
by Mandy ElliottProject Hail Mary reminds me that we task people with saving us without their consent all the time.
In the first article of this series, we asked whether The Salvation Army is still a church for the streets. Micah 6:8 presses that question further—not by asking what we believe, but by asking how we live. What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.—Micah 6:8 This verse was our sessional
Scarcity or Abundance?
Why The Salvation Army needs to let go of fear and commit to creativity.
by Captain John CliftonI saw a quote recently by Eugene Cho, founder and former senior pastor of Quest Church in Seattle, Washington, which said: “The Salvation Army will die if it loses the commitment it exhibited in the past for creativity.” My immediate reaction? Oh no! The Salvation Army can’t die! We need it! My second reaction? Well, if it’s not creative, then
When Jesus said, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12), it is more than an intellectual statement; it is a promise of relationship as we share the light that dwells with and within each of us.
Listening to Our Iranian Neighbours in a Time of Tension
How the church can respond to global conflict with presence, compassion and prayer.
by Major Krista Andrews with Aux-Captain Elli BagheriThe world needs people who are grounded in the presence of Christ—people who are steady enough to listen, compassionate enough to carry grief and courageous enough to love their neighbours without agenda.
Growing in Community
Finding friendship and belonging in The Salvation Army.
by Colonel Margaret McLeodLast fall, I visited Glace Bay, N.S., where The Salvation Army serves a homestyle meal for lunch every week, and met Robert. Stepping into any new situation for the first time can be difficult, but Robert embraced the challenge. He arrived one Thursday and found a warm welcome to a new community—a place of acceptance, a place where he was
