Faith in Film
Four movies, three based on real-life stories, will move, uplift, and inspire you.
Highlights of Giving
As 2025 comes into focus, we thought we’d take a look at how The Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Campaign makes an impact all year long. From Thanksgiving through Christmastime, the sight of dedicated kettle workers ringing their bells on cold winter days evokes a warm feeling in many hearts. It’s an invaluable opportunity to share God’s abundance and generosity with those who are most in need.
Sprinkles of Sugar
Her most recent book is Gimme Some Sugar: 90 Devotions to Sweeten Your Day in a Godly Way. Kozar’s family was always warm and affectionate, and in a brief introduction, she highlights the importance of expressing care for the ones you love—without prompting.
Mending Hearts
By becoming a foster parent, you can change a child’s life. By adopting that child, you can change your whole life too, like the author of Broken Pieces: Mending the Fragments Through Adoption, which gave me chills and provoked tears of pain and joy.
Fostering God’s Children
In Pennsylvania alone, as many as 3,000 young people live in foster care holding centers designed for 48-hour stays. Now more than ever, families are needed nationwide to provide hundreds of thousands of children with loving foster homes, and maybe even adoption.
God Gave Her Vision
Janet Perez Eckles confident smile fades and her eyes narrow when she asks herself, “If my vision returned, what would I want to see first? I would like to see the faces of my grandchildren. People tell me they’re beautiful children, but nobody can really describe them to me. I would also want to see the faces of my sons because I saw them when they were young, but in my mind, I can’t visualize them grown. I would want to see Dale, my hubby. Everybody says he’s so handsome. Yes, to see those faces, that would be a beautiful thing if God allowed me to see them.”
Planting Seeds
A single intervention will not change the world, but people must work together, over time, to protect God’s creation and regenerate the earth— for our children and grandchildren and the vulnerable among us.
SAconnects: Our 10th Anniversary
Excitement filled our hearts the day we began the rollout of a new multimedia, multilingual magazine designed to reach people with the love of Christ. Its name, SAconnects, implied that it was also intended to link you, our reader, to everything about The Salvation Army and beyond. Our plan was to connect you to a diverse community of believers through English, Spanish, and Korean languages, in print and online.
Linda Evans Shepherd’s ‘Make Time for Joy’
Linda Evans Shepherd is a firm believer in the power of prayer. Her latest book, Make Time for Joy: Scripture-Powered Prayers to Brighten Your Day, can be looked at as a daily devotional or as a resource to turn to in times of need. “I took these scriptures, paraphrased them in modern vernacular, and put them into conversational prayers,” she said in a recent interview with SAconnects.
Soldier on the Inside
"I have learned how to listen for the voice of God and say ‘yes’ to the Holy Spirit. That is what’s been leading me on this journey,” said Paul A. Jordan, a former firefighter and Emergency Disaster Services employee for The Salvation Army in Pennsylvania. “I never thought that I’d end up in prison, but I am here. But while I’m here, I’m hearing the voice and reading the word of God.”
