Sometimes, as it was for Mary and as it was for me, it takes a crisis, an event of profound suffering, to realize the purpose of being human can be met by even the “least of these.”

Dr. Aimee Patterson, a Christian ethics consultant at The Salvation Army Ethics Centre in Winnipeg, and Clara Pina, communications manager for The Salvation Army Thrift Store National Recycling Operations (NRO), discuss the role of thrift stores in protecting the environment and supporting local communities.

Let’s learn how to harness generative AI for positive purposes and safeguard individuals and communities from its harms. We can’t afford to wait any longer. 

Earlier this year, all mission partners of the Canada and Bermuda Territory were invited to participate in the seventh biannual territorial values survey, administered by the Ethics Centre.  Responses help provide a deeper understanding of our culture and how it supports the territorial mission, vision and values. They also reveal the relationship between personal values, values present in the current culture and values that mission partners believe are most important for mission delivery.

As Salvationists and as a Salvation Army, are there changes we ought to consider when it comes to caring well for others in our economy?

On this episode of the podcast, Aimee tells us about her journey with cancer, what she’s learned from the story of Job, and how the Army can better serve suffering humanity.

We all need close, personal attention. We cannot give or receive this in exclusively virtual ways.

When I approach the season of Christmas, I think about a baby: Jesus, the God-With-Us Deliverer that Israel is waiting for. But despite the beauty of sparkling Christmas lights, I can’t forget the poverty, division, racism and war that still weigh down the world. I find myself longing for this Deliverer, too. O come, O come, Immanuel,And