The Farm Colonies
BY ROBERT JEFFERY
The year 1890 was a milestone in the history of The Salvation Army. It was, as Charles Dickens might say, “the best of times and the worst of [...]
Black Belts & Open Hearts
BY HUGO BRAVO
In 1988, The Salvation Army in Springfield, Ohio opened a summer day camp exclusively for children with disabilities. It became one of its most popular ministries, and gave children access [...]
Security for the hungry
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
A light snow falls as seniors in Kingston, N.Y., struggle to pull their personal shopping carts along a small road, leading to a Hannaford supermarket. They have come from another part [...]
World Water Day
BY WARREN L. MAYE
While standing on the shore of Maui Island, perched in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, I paused with pants legs rolled and feet bare and scanned the sunlit [...]
Ministering to the poor
BY ROBERT JEFFERY
Looking back to the origins of The Salvation Army, many people are quick to point out that it wasn’t William Booth’s intention to start a church. This is an overstatement of the truth [...]
After the floods
BY HUGO BRAVO
When storms and heavy rain fell upon South Africa in April 2022, The Salvation Army was quickly on the scene. The loss of life and homes damaged were far beyond what [...]
‘I talk to Him every morning’
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
Benji took a drink every morning for 40 years. Now, he’s sober.
In 2019, The Salvation Army Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings were in full swing, [...]
I will trust
BY DE QUENCY BOWEN
My first thought after reading this text was: How is it possible that these tribal leaders scouted the Promised Land and returned with two different perspectives, and yet share the [...]
A different kind of poverty
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
After some 20 years in the news business, I thought of myself as a hardened journalist who had “seen it all.” That view of myself was [...]
1929: a time for reform
BY WARREN L. MAYE
In the 1920s, the world enjoyed a growing prosperity, levity, and optimism. In the United States, the era became known as the “Roaring Twenties.” A surging economy, [...]