Focus
Blinding Blizzards By Major Anne Pickup - Major Bill Pickup has sustained severe complications following surgery for cancer of the esophagus. He has stabilized, but his condition is critical at publication. His family requests your prayers. Messages of encouragement may be sent
On the Corner
By Robert Docter - No single act, good or evil, contains within itself a true revelation of a person's character. No one trait defines us. The qualities that reveal the values which guide our personhood merge imperceptibly one with another as
Finishing First!
By Lt. Colonel Joe Noland - I'm getting old, no question about it. To slow down the aging process I work out with weights every other day and jog on the alternate days. Younger runners whiz by as if I'm
Orange County Army Aids Police Chaplaincy
The Salvation Army recently made meaningful contributions to the first annual Spring Training Conference of the Orange County Chaplain's Association, numbering 155 members. Hosted by the Anaheim Police Department, the conference attracted police, fire, hospital and jail chaplains from 25
Jr. Olympics Combats Teen Pregnancy
By Stephen Govett - Concerned about the growing program of teenage pregnancy in the Phoenix metro area, Bob Wycoff, program director for The Salvation Army's South Mountain Community Center, decided to address the issue. Recalling an article reporting women athletes in college
Melbourne Staff Band Wraps Up U.S. Tour in the West
By Geoff Davis - At the conclusion of an extensive U.S. visit, including tours in the Eastern and Southern Territories and Sierra Del Mar Division, Australia's Melbourne Staff Band was welcomed for a weekend visit at the Tustin Ranch Corps (Captains
Army World News
Hunter Reports in from Russia By Lt. Colonel R. William Hunter - The Lighthouse Corps is a Salvation Army congregation and ministry reaching out to the homeless and dispossessed of Kiev in the country of Ukraine. It is tragically easy to
Gariepy’s ‘Songs’ Now Available in Book Form
Songs in the Night, which appeared as a popular series in The War Cry over a period of several years, is now in book form. Colonel Henry Gariepy (R), in his 16th book, presents the inspiring stories behind 100 hymns
Army on Site at Jessica Dubroff’s Plane Crash
Just before 8:30 am Thursday April 11, 7-year-old aviator Jessica Dubroff took off from the Cheyenne, Wyo. airport in a single-engine plane. Accompanied by her father Lloyd, and Joe Reid, her flight instructor, she was just beginning the fourth leg
Rader Calls World to Prayer
In response to the General's call to prayer, an International Day of Prayer linking Salvationists in every territory and command will take place on Sunday May 26, 1996. I have never been more persuaded than now of the potential power of
Noland Appointed Australia Eastern Chief / Buchanans, Loves Promoted to Lt. Col.
Lt. Colonel Doris Noland (left) and Lt. Colonel Joe Noland (right) Lt. Colonel Joe Noland has been appointed Chief Secretary for the Australia Eastern Territory with the rank of Colonel effective August 1 by General Paul A. Rader. Lt. Colonel