Giving thanks involves being grateful. Being grateful requires self-awareness—self-definition. Traditionally, the Thanksgiving holiday provides each of us with ... Read More
We put the building blocks of life together in the home. There, we carefully initiate the process of establishing our identity, shaping our self-esteem, buildin... Read More
His rheumy eyes seemed on the verge of imminent discharge—without spark, listless, lacking in spirit—within ill fitting, almost hollow cavities in a tight, hard... Read More
Right from the beginning, William Booth, founder of The Salvation Army, was concerned with poverty and all it brought with it. It simply didn’t seem just that t... Read More
There is a direct, potentially progressive relationship between habits, compulsions and addictions that grow more harmful. Here are some definitions with a litt... Read More
Everyone believes that they know what and how children should become educated, and act unafraid in sharing that information. That includes me.
Yet differing ... Read More
I’ve heard it said that The Salvation Army is “compassion in action.”
I think it fits and makes a good slogan. I hope it’s still true. I worry about that. I ... Read More
Except I am moved with compassion,
How dwellest thy Spirit in me?
Albert Orsborn asked that question for Salvationists a few decades ago, and it’s one we ne... Read More
Generosity is a spiritual word. It speaks of the type of relationship between a giver and a receiver.
It synthesizes the “fruit of the spirit” listed by Paul... Read More
Most people have a difficult time explaining character.
It does have several different meanings. Some immediately think of an actor playing a particular part... Read More
I tend to live in the present—the here and now—not the there and then of the past nor the “sometime-maybe” of the future. But life demands that we look ahead, s... Read More
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 b... Read More
