Dear church: what will your response be to the stories of #MeToo and #ChurchToo? Will you believe us or silence us? Will you hold space to allow healing to begin?
As our voices united to sing praises to God with the Malawi people, our hearts were challenged to worship God through the sharing of our abundant resources with those who had so little and yet offered so much.
TV Review: The Good Place
The Good Place is a heavenly comedy that offers laughs and lessons.
by Kristin Ostensen
The Good Place is unique in today’s TV landscape: more than just making people laugh, it strives to make people think.
The story of the Bible is one of God always leaning in closer and closer—seeing our sorrow, pained by our suffering. In Jesus, God’s favour or grace is made complete.
Petit Jesus
How the mystery of the Incarnation became real one Christmas in Quebec.
by Colonel Eleanor Shepherd
The wonder of the Incarnation touches an unanticipated chord during a Christmas show in Quebec.
"I dream that someday hatred and violence will have no place in our world. I dream that children will not go hungry and that education will be available for all. I dream that children will be able to imagine a future that’s bright and hopeful."
Free and Equal
Celebrating the 70th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
by James Read“Every human being is born free and equal in dignity.” Although it might seem so obvious that it’s hardly worth stating, today it is neither true nor obvious to many of the most powerful forces in the world. The morality of human freedom, equality and dignity must still be declared.
The Way They Should Go
How we are planting seeds of faith in our children.
by Lieutenant Laura Hickman
I've often wondered if I’m doing enough to lay a spiritual foundation for my children. Then a moment last September gave me a new perspective.
Takin’ It to the Streets
Are we still an Army with a passion to reach the lost for Christ?
by Colonel Lee Graves
God still calls The Salvation Army to be a prophetic voice in an increasingly lost and wayward world, with Scripture in one hand, obedience in the other—living and being the Army God intended.
Allow me to paraphrase an old folktale. Thousands of starfish have washed onto a beach, where many of them will die. A young boy gently tosses one back into the water, then another and another. An onlooker asks, “Why are you bothering? You can’t save them all. You’re wasting your time. How can this make any significant difference?” The boy looks at the starfish in his hand, smiles, and says, “It makes a difference to this one.”
