Meet Izi Holokahi
Walking with Jesus and becoming a soldier for The Salvation Army wasn’t close to Izi Holokahi’s thoughts when he was tight roping over a self-induced cauldron of food, drug and alcohol abuse growing up in Oahu, Hawaii. It didn’t help that
It’s all in the modeling
Most people have a difficult time explaining character. It does have several different meanings. Some immediately think of an actor playing a particular part in a play; others might think of it as a specific written or printed figure representing a
Reflections of a Former Atheist
The story of one second chance is captured in a new Frontier Press title, Reflections of a Former Atheist, by Major Glen Doss. In it, Glen tells a story of the war between belief and nonbelief. How does one move from
The impact of news on religious identity and philanthropy
From 1880 to World War I, the vast majority of Americans, those who did not come into contact with its street evangelism or were not direct beneficiaries of its services, knew about The Salvation Army through newspapers and magazines. Much
Connection initiative
The Western Territory annually admits 7,500 men and women into its 22 Adult Rehabilitation Centers (ARCs), a cost-free and biblically-based program to overcome addiction. Roughly 2,500 (33 percent) of these beneficiaries graduate, yet the majority are not found worshipping in one
From prisoner to pastor
Locked up in solitary confinement, Charlie Woods never expected to one day become a Christian. He certainly never envisioned a life as a church pastor. After all, he was never much for religion. Little did Woods know, he was about
A theology of caring
Care: (n.) a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; (v.) to be concerned or solicitous; have thought or regard (adj.) feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others. Caring. What is it, really? Sure, we see outward expressions of caring all around us,
Paying it forward
Former Booth baby becomes Mother of the Year and starts her own nonprofit. Dianne Callister received a tremendous shock from her parents at just 8 years old—she was adopted. In 1964, a teenage girl gave birth to Callister at a Salvation Army
‘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