Mission Possible: Anti–Human Trafficking
BY MAJOR A. A. MARGARETA IVARSSON
Most recently, my journey has touched the margins of society in New York City through P.E.A.R.L. Essence Outreach, an effort of The Salvation Army that [...]
Return To the Tower
BY WARREN L. MAYE
Breathtaking is the word that describes the view from One World Observatory, 102 stories above Manhattan Island atop of One World Trade Center. Formerly known as the Freedom Tower, it stands next to the memorial that marks the site of the World Trade [...]
Hope, pearls, and progress
BY RETTA BLANEY
Under the elevated train in a North Philadelphia neighborhood known for violent crime, drug dealing, and street prostitution, the first floor of a small row house serves as a refuge. Women who experience exploitation and [...]
Manchester, NH Kids Cafe
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
The Salvation Army Kids’ Café began at the Manchester, N.H., Citadel in 1994 as a place where 80–100 children and teens could find a warm meal each evening. The program has grown over the years to an attendance of [...]
The Unloved Congregant
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
They sit in the pew next to you every Sunday. You chat with them in the foyer after services. They’re just like you except they may quietly suffer from depression, anxiety, panic attacks, bipolar and eating disorders, or [...]
Leaving our home
BY ROBERT MITCHELL
Massood still tears up when he recounts last year’s harrowing struggle to get his family out of Afghanistan and into the United States.
“It is very emotional to leave your home country,” he says with profound sadness.
Massood worked with U.S. and [...]
A Ministry of Three
BY HUGO BRAVO
“You can’t just give a homeless person an apartment with a bed and say, ‘case closed.’ I have met people who received help and even a place to live, but were back on the streets in a few months,” Perks says. “They needed the tools to rebuild their lives, reestablish [...]
A ministry of PRESENCE
BY WARREN L. MAYE
Daunting has been the task to find scientific treatments and strategies to combat the problems people face who struggle to maintain their mental health. Perhaps one day, a breakthrough in medicine will occur. But until then, The Salvation Army [...]
Phil Cooke Book Review
BY WARREN L. MAYE
Ideas on a Deadline: How to Be Creative When the Clock is Ticking, is written by Dr. Phil Cooke, a renown Christian media entrepreneur. This is his 10th book, another informative and inspiring piece. In it, Cooke writes, “This book is about how to raise your game [...]
Instrumental Change
BY WARREN L. MAYE
Instrumental is a word Christian recording artist Danny Gokey loves to use when describing the moment when God lifted his soul from the depths of depression after the loss of his first wife to congenital heart disease. Now remarried and the father of four children, [...]