by Hugo Bravo

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. As kids get ready to go back to school, it’s also a good time to develop better eating habits to avoid unwanted weight gain.

by Robert Mitchell

While suffering from cerebral palsy when growing up, Diane Kearney didn’t have a lot of friends and was often teased. When her family came to The Salvation Army for financial help, Diane found a permanent home.

by Guest Contributor

by Captains Danielle and Yuco Hall One of the many things that make NYC unique is that it is a cultural melting pot. From Washington Heights to Forest Hills, one can see the many cultural influences that thread NYC’s beautiful tapestry.

by Robert Mitchell

Hundreds of asylees from various countries in Africa are showing up in Portland, but the housing market is tight and there are few prospects for work. The Salvation Army officers here make it clear to the press that they are not interested in discussing the “how” or “why” of the situation. They are simply focused on helping people through the love of Christ.

by Hugo Bravo

"My body has been broken, through addiction and other ways. I have committed crimes and lost years in jail. The book of Revelation would call me “lukewarm water,” only good for being spat out. If I had been alive 100 years ago, I would have been one of the guys in town who had ruined his life, was shunned from society, and not allowed to enter any church. You would have seen me on the steps of The Salvation Army, calling out to William Booth for help."

by Erica Weiss

"Quiet Quitting" is all the rage in the corporate world, and the phenomenon has drawn considerable media attention in recent months. Investopedia describes quiet quitting as “doing the minimum requirements of one’s job and putting in no more time, effort or enthusiasm than absolutely necessary.” The term may be new, but doing just enough to slide by is something probably as old as work itself.

by Hugo Bravo

BY CINDY WALTON, as told to Hugo Bravo
"There’s a phrase that says, “Boys: Less drama than girls, but harder to keep alive.” Ben Walton, my son, has proved those words to be right all his life. When my son was growing up, he was always that boy who was somehow getting hurt. So, when I got a call last July that something had happened to him while he was out bike riding, my first thought was, “Of course it did.”

by Warren L. Maye

Since their humble beginnings in 1971, Pastor Jim and Carol Cymbala have served as spiritual leaders of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, which is today an historic 3,300–seat, non–denominational megachurch in Brooklyn, N.Y. It is world renowned for its melodic Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, which has received six Grammy Awards so far. Carol Cymbala is director of the multi–ethnic, multiracial chorale.