One wise man, two angel choirs and a bunch of seeking shepherds
BODY BUILDER Christmas kind of creeps up on you doesn't it? Almost before the Thanksgiving sales are over, kettles are out and the collecting begins. This year there seem to be more solicitors around (or very close to) the Army kettles
Stop chiding, please!
LETTER FROM LONDON There's a wood pigeon in our road which believes the television aerial on top of our chimneystack was put there as a perch for him. He's not a very intelligent wood pigeon. For one thing, he keeps
Clarence Jones: The heroin changed me completely
IN PROCESS The fog clearing in his mind, the man glanced up from the hospital bed where he lay dying and recognized his son leaning over him. Searching for a last meaningful comment to leave his son, he asserted ever
On the Corner
BY ROBERT DOCTER - The love of the Babe of Bethlehem within us cannot be locked away. It demands release to all around us. It requires us to confront God with the person we have become--to stand before him and assess
“Joseph woke up…and took Mary home as his wife”
He was very much in love. He was quite a few years older than she. He had watched her over the years as she grew into womanhood. From the little slip of a girl she had blossomed into a beautiful
Frontlines — News Briefs of the West
Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love divine; Love was born at Christmas, Stars and Angels gave the sign. -- Christina Rossetti The Love that came at Christmas lives in the hearts of Salvationists throughout the West--they, in turn, express
Promoted to Glory
Mrs. Major Juanita Greholver was peacefully promoted to Glory on December 2, 2001 from her son's home in Vancouver, Washington. Juanita Christy was born November 2, 1924 in Winding Gulf, West Virginia. Early in her life, while in
Army protested in Los Angeles
BY KATHY LOVIN - In the words of the Los Angeles Times, "it was an unusual demonstration." Holding signs calling on The Salvation Army to change its recent decision regarding health benefits access, a group of approximately 20 demonstrators
Army’s missing person service reunites sisters
Each year, the Western Territory's missing persons service works with more than 1,000 new cases, locating approximately 750 persons. Major Leslie Peacock, missing persons director, and Lydia Fairclough, overseas caseworker, recently met with two sisters who had been reunited after
Youth show support for community needs
MAJOR DOUG WILLIAMS and Silvano Telleche are shown with Girl Scouts at a clothing drive benefitting the San Diego ARC. Raise money for relief To help The Salvation Army's disaster relief effort in New York City, Girl Scout troops from Polytechnic
So. California gathers for praise
The Southern California Division recently gathered for its 6th annual Thanksgiving Praise Celebration, which was held for the first time at the Luckman Theater Complex, before a capacity crowd of more than 1,100 people. The evening was full of
Saunders reports on NYC plane crash
BY KEN SAUNDERS - The morning of November 12 started like most of my days in NYC, with a morning briefing at the DHQ command center for Operation Compassion Under Fire. Although no day is really normal at ground zero,