Every Friday evening the national news my family views concludes the broadcast by highlighting an uplifting story In contrast to the rest of the news it rsquo s always a breath of fresh air A recent ldquo good rdquo Friday story focused on a reporter who had suffered from COVID- fully recovered and then decided to donate plasma to possibly help others in their fight against the virus At the time the jury was still out on how effective antibodies would be But when many of us felt helpless and even in light of the discomfort of donating plasma via [... more]

As I helped my son with his math homework it began apparent he was less then enthusiastic about doing multiple problems related to the same concept ldquo I rsquo ve got it Dad rdquo he insisted hoping I would let him out doing all the problems I then gently explained to him that a concept is just a concept until we learn how to work it out in practice At the end of Paul rsquo s letter to his friends in Philippi he wrote about practice ldquo Practice these things whatever you learned received heard or saw in us rdquo [... more]

During this time The Salvation Army would like to share additional messages of encouragement with you from some of our shows' hosts In this message Major Cheryl Gilliam Wonderful Words of Life speaks to the realities of navigating our new normal during this bizarre season and shares a powerful scripture on which to cling [... more]