Once again this year, Target Stores has banned the Salvation Army bell-ringers from their stores.  Instead the company is donating one million dollars to the charity, and other changes on offer by the company promise to make up much of the nine million dollars the charity used to raise each year in front of its stores, according to Salvation Army spokeswoman Melissa Temme.Local supermarkets, Wal-Mart and other retailers don’t seem to have a problem with the Christian organization founded by William Booth to help the downtrodden, so why does Target?  Does the Salvation Army seem too downscale for Tar-zhay? Only the company knows. But at least it is making up some or most of the funds the bell ringers won’t be collecting.A little history: William Booth found himself one day at the edge of the River.  The world is a better place for Booth taking the plunge into that River.At the age of seventeen, Booth made a commitment to Christ and to humanity.  While he...(Read Full Post)