on the corner_Sharing is caring
By Robert Docter, Editor-In-Chief Just a few days after the last full moon of the summer, the “shine on” harvest moon fell into our midst exactly on schedule—1:44 p.m., Sept. 22—and left Southern California two days later. Our summer has not
life lines_ Growing old
By Ian Robinson, Major A colleague mentioned—with some fear and a lot of trepidation—that she would be 50 on her next birthday. It shocked her because she felt no older than 35. I know the feeling. Next month I will turn
from the desk of…‘The Devil made me do it’
By Douglas O’Brien, Lt. Colonel Flip Wilson’s classic character Geraldine returned home after buying a new dress. The Rev.: “Another dress? This is the third dress this week.” Geraldine: “The Devil made me buy this dress. I didn’t want to buy no dress.
sharper focus_Give me Jesus
By Victor Leslie, Lt. Colonel I am sitting in the funeral service. I hear a soulful choir sing with sympathetic feeling: “In the morning, when I rise, in the morning, when I rise, in the morning, when I rise, give me
A view from the board side_ God loves a cheerful giver
By Dick Hagerty, Advisory board member New Frontier recently reported the magnificent and generous gift that the Cathedral City Corps received to jumpstart its capital campaign to construct a new youth center. The donors, Bay Area residents Dick and Beverly Davis, had
Wells’ mission West
It is difficult to appreciate how different the world was 125 years ago in the American West. It seems fun and adventurous—the stuff movies are made of—but we can only guess the hardship that was part and parcel of everyday
When the Army moved West
By Kevin Jackson, Major It seems in nearly every New Frontier issue of late that the Western Territory is celebrating another 125th corps anniversary. It was no coincidence that so many Salvation Army corps were established in the American West approximately
Elsewhere in the world
U.K.—The Salvation Army’s Sunderland Homeless Shelter is home to two Cameroon boxers who vanished from the Olympic Village last year with five others from their team. The English government granted the two—Thomas Essomba and Blaise Yepmou Mendouo—asylum and secretly relocated
IHQ welcomes visitors during Open House London
For the fourth year, The Salvation Army International Headquarters (IHQ) participated in Open House London. On Sept. 21, the free event celebrated London’s architecture as hundreds of people visited more than 800 buildings in the city, many that are usually closed
Army shares gospel at Sexpo
Officers and volunteers promote Christian values and raise awareness of human trafficking at Sexpo in South Africa. The Salvation Army’s involvement in the Sexuality and Adult Lifestyle Exhibition (Sexpo) in Johannesburg, South Africa, in late September, was intended to promote a
Salvation Army Pakistan responds to Peshawar church blasts
Officers help perform funerals for victims of the bombings. Two suicide bombers attacked the All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sept. 22, leaving 85 people dead and more than 100 injured. Salvation Army officers in Pakistan assisted in conducting funerals for
2013 annual report released
The Salvation Army’s report card highlights efforts made across the country. The Salvation Army served more than 30 million Americans in 2012 and provided details of its operation in the recent release of its 2013 annual report. “God is truly working through