‘I found acceptance and caring’ at Railton Place
By Jamie DeJesus - I’m from North Carolina but moved to San Francisco in search of my life. On the weekends and at night I would dress as a woman, and in my unhappiness eventually became a crystal meth addict, jobless and
Keeping Faith in Faith-Based Organizations: A Practical Theology of Salvation Army Health Ministry
In his recent book, Keeping Faith in Faith-Based Organizations: A Practical Theology of Salvation Army Health Ministry (Wipf & Stock Publishers 2012), Salvation Army International Health Secretary Major Dean Pallant provides a tremendous amount of research and in-the-field observation on
Values imposition
We’re in the values education business. Our goal is to teach people to live God’s way as revealed in the life of Jesus—the Christ. If we live God’s way: He brings gifts into our lives much the same way that fruit
Making room
Helping others feel welcome I wanted to leave, and you wouldn’t have blamed me. I stood before an ocean of gold and blue, of 40,000 people looking at me, not one of whom was glad to see me. Forty rows away
Biblical Creation: An Illustrated Autobiography
“There is a picture set into the words” begins Georgann Chenault’s recently published work, Biblical Creation: An Illustrated Autobiography. Through over 25 years of research, Chenault demonstrates through computer diagrammatic constructs how the numbers, days and dates listed in Scripture
Finding sanctuary from life
A couple committed to the renewal of people in ministry It’s quiet. The loudest sound is the crunch of my shoes as I walk down the pebbled pathway. Bordering the Lane Cove National Park in Australia is an oasis from the hustle