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The War Cry | MAY 2014
A Truthful Poem
I don't ordinarily tear out pages from
War Cry magazines. I usually pass
them on, but when I read Major Karen
Satterlee's beautiful poem in a recent
issue, I cut it out, framed it, called a
few people who are going through
tough times and read it to them. My
daughter is emailing it to her friends.
Many of them are also having desper-
ate situations--e.g., kids missing, cancer,
job loss, the infi rmities of age. I have
been reading the War Cry for years. I
pick it up at the thrift store. Thanks so
much, especially for this truthful poem.
VKay Thomas
Via email
Elizabeth's Story
You and your
staff prepared
an excellent
presentation of
"Elizabeth's Story"
and I especially
liked the display
of the photo
of my mother
with Fred. Also,
it was a nice
touch to present the 1944 War Cry
announcement of Fred's death dur-
ing World War II. You all have a great
ministry. Thanks for your efforts.
Major Randy Kinnamon
San Francisco
History's Pivot Point
I can't remember when words in print
moved my spirit as much as when I
read your article in the Easter 2014 is-
sue. Your writing
caused me to
feel as though
I was actually
there, stealth-
ily following the
women going
to Jesus' tomb
so early on
that fi rst Easter
morn. I felt
their anxiety, and the "banging of
a rhythm in their ears" produced a
similar emotion in my own heart. It
was easy to sense--to almost feel--the
physical experience of "limbs
... so
leaden with grief, now surging with
energy," as they
... as I... realized
Jesus had risen, just like He had said.
Every Christian, but especially, ev-
ery woman, should deservedly en-
joy the thrill that it was, indeed, a
woman who fi rst of all announced,
"He has risen." Thank you for tak-
ing your readers to the rolled away
stone and the empty tomb.

Colonel Dennis Phillips
Via email
Patchwork Prayers
I recently read an article in the War
Cry titled "Patchwork Prayers." It not
only touched me
profoundly but
inspired me and
gave me the de-
sire to do some-
thing similar in
order to increase
awareness of and
raise funding for
eliminating home-
lessness of single
women. There seems to be a miscon-
ception that there are more homeless
single men then women. Since I am
one, I know this to not be true. Women
simply tend to be more vulnerable to
compromising their morals and values
to have a home and three meals a day.
Ms. E. Sanders
Via email
Keeping the "War" in
War Cry
I'm responding to a letter in the March
issue saying that the "War" in War Cry
gives The Salvation Army a bad image.
The letter writer suggests deleting
"War" and replacing it with "Peace"....
Does he really understand "War Cry"?
It's not a war to encourage military war.
To me this is a "War" on Satan. The "Cry"
is to help people in communities cope
with poverty, sickness, being down
on their luck, facing hard times, etc.
Keep up the "War Cry" so people know
The Salvation Army is always there to
help and to teach the word of God.
Via email
I am a soldier who has been on the
battlefi eld at the Midway, Illinois
Citadel Corps for almost two de-
cades. I believe the War Cry is cor-
rectly titled. As Christians we are in
a spiritual war. As believers we fi ght
to win over lost souls for our Savior.
There is a battle going on and we must
not be na�ve to believe otherwise.
Lea D. Sims
Via email
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Forgive Us
Our Doubts
Are Doubters Doomed?
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Salvation In
No Other
Finding True Fullness
Pg 7
Truth of
The Resurrection
Does It Hold Up in Court?
Pg 10
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History's
Pivot Point
Why Christ's Rising from Death
is Your Defining Moment
" The battle is the Lord's"
-- 1 Sam. 17:47
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Coming Clean with God's Word
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Celebrate Recovery
New Addiction�Free
Paradigm
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Patchwork
Prayers
For Trafficking Victims
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YS Instrumental in Coordinating International Efforts
I work at the State Department's Offi ce of U.N. Sanctions, where I
coordinate our policy on sanctions for several countries including
Sudan and South Sudan. I recently worked through
a new U.N. Security Council resolution on Sudan
adopted in February. As part of sanctions, the U.N.
sends experts to monitor and report. Certain
council members, namely Russia, regularly reject
the experts' reporting and call it biased so they
block any meaningful (even minor) improvements
to the sanctions.
I read your January 2014 Young Salvationist
article "George Clooney's Mission" supporting the
Satellite Sentinel Project, which funds remote sensing of Sudan.
Because of this, I reached out to them to learn more and see if con-
necting them with the U.N. would be worthwhile. In short, the meeting
was highly productive. We discussed their advocacy and how that
could support greater action. They also offered to research targets for
sanctions as a way to assist in this process. Needless to say, I will be
scheduling a meeting for them with the U.N. experts during their next
consultation in Washington DC.
Michael Schena
Via email
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