(the) Mission Matters

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. – Jean-Jaques Rousseau It’s easy to lose patience, often the hard part is finding it. The work that we do is hard. It’s exhausting. It can drain us of all of our resources; especially patience. Frequently we find ourselves losing patience with our co-workers, supervisors, clients, partners and […]

“Seek the peace and prosperity (shalom) of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” – Jeremiah 29:7 I have a tattoo on my arm (much to the chagrin of my dear mother) with the word ‘shalom’ written in both

Joy! joy! joy! there is joy in The Salvation Army, Joy! joy! joy! in the Army of the Lord. We will sing, we will sing, till the world is full of joy; We will shout, we will shout, till glad voices rend the sky. With a thousand bands and a thousand drums We will praise

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:13 Now that it’s February, we switch our attention to the missional theme of the month; LOVE. We chose ‘love’ for February because Valentine’s Day falls on February 14th. It’s a time where we intentionally express our love and

As I’ve continued to reflect on January’s focus of our mission statement, my mind took me to the last part; ‘…to be a transforming influence on the communities of our world.’ We’re well into our third year of a 3-year plan to integrate all of our shelters under the name Toronto Housing and Homeless Supports.

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence on the communities of our world. It’s been a week of major ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ in our shelter world. I’ll start with the ‘downs’. This week at Toronto’s ‘Homeless Memorial’, a service was held to remember

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. – Philippians 4:8 As we launch into 2016 and begin following along with our monthly themes, January’s focus will be on

It’s 2016! I hope and pray that each of you and your loved ones have a peace, love and joy filled year. Now that January has arrived and the holidays will soon be in our rear view mirror, it is back to the daily rhythm of work and/or school. So as we settle into our

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in – Leonard Cohen Walking through one of the furniture stores at the Shops on Don Mills, I was surprised to see this quote from Leonard Cohen posted on the wall. The store

Well we’re almost there. In just four more sleeps we’ll wake up to that day we’ve all been waiting for. Christmas Day! It’s the day when Christians celebrate the birthday of the savior of the world. But we’re not there yet. We still have waiting to do. We still have time to prepare for that