you and your team on
the excellent Christmas
good teaching and
inspiring stories. Your
covers, in particular,
are extremely engag-
ing and make me want
to pick up the magazine. It was nice to see
Diane Stark's article, "Something to Give,"
about volunteering on the Christmas
kettle, which originally ran in Faith &
Friends, The Army's outreach magazine in
Canada and Bermuda. Her story is a
poignant reminder that gifts are not al-
ways material, but that a kind word, smile
or listening ear can be a blessing, too.
Keep up the good work!"
War Cry. The women really enjoy reading
grow in faith. The community here at the
SCI�Muncy Chapel really appreciate these
magazines and your thoughtfulness.
War Cry) takes the reader on a condensed
journey from the young Virgin Mary to
the shepherds, the wise men, the befud-
dled Jewish leaders, the disciples, Pilate,*
the centurion, the angel at the tomb, and
fi nally... well, to me and to all who will read,
mas blessing. *This line from the article is
who He was, Pilate was able to tell what
He was not." (Sadly, that is as far as
many seekers get.)
are stationed in Mem-
phis as the Area Com-
manders. Our Memphis
with a speaker that
relates to the focus of
violence. We have about 50 copies and
exhibited in this publication.
with a Christian emphasis as well as mov-
ies in which The Salvation Army has ap-
peared. I am sure you did not expect to
excellent one in which
the Army appears in a
very good light. We
saw it back in the early
60s when we were
stationed in Argentina.
I think the title is "The
Spiral Road." It stars Rock Hudson and
Burl Ives. Hudson plays an atheist doctor
from Holland required to work in what
was then known as the Dutch East Indies
(Indonesia) following his studies. There he
meets a believer, played by Ives. They
terrible experience, the doctor comes to
admit that there is a God. The Army offi -
cer was a positive infl uence on the charac-
ter that Rock Hudson played. For years
we tried without success to obtain a
ago my wife Yvonne was able to obtain
it for me for Christmas.
articles on poverty
(see Sept. � Nov. War
standing. He is an
excellent writer with
well balanced and
comprehensive per-
spectives on the issues
agnostic but believe in the type of social
that work and goals refl ected in the
at agingcapriciously.com.
those whom "God is not ashamed to be
called their God" (Hebrews 11:6) could
be listed. We have such a Christian
Great Wall of Fame. It's called The Lamb's
Book of Life: "Nothing evil will be allowed
to enter, nor anyone who practices
shameful idolatry and dishonesty--but
only those whose names are written in
the Lamb's Book of Life" (Revelation
21:27). I am 73 years old, born again, a
member of Chesterton, Indiana Southern
Baptist. I worked in Chicago for 25 years.
I was given a War Cry ten years ago and
been a supporter ever since. I also give
the War Cry as gifts. God bless you in
all you do. Your sister in Christ,