Soul Food

In this two-part series, we look back to the Book of Genesis and forward to the Book of Revelation to examine the implications of the two trees on the human race.

In part three of this occasional series on the armour of God, we look for ‘prints of peace’ amidst life’s fiercest battles.  Read: Part 1, Part 2 The national Covid-19 lockdown has provided us with a great illustration for this instalment of ‘Heavy Metal’. The world has been fighting a...

Surely he took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed....

In part two of this occasional series on the armour of God, we warn against the wrong kind of right. Read: Part 1 I’m not ashamed to admit it—I hate being wrong. And I know I’m not the only one. Most of us like to be right as often as...

In part one of this occasional series on the armour of God, we uncover the truth about lies. When it comes to playing ice-breaker games, you either love them or hate them. A general crowd favourite though is ‘two truths and a lie’. For the uninitiated, the object of the...

Lieutenant Colonel Dean Pallant, author of To Be Like Jesus! Christian Ethics for a Twenty-First-Century Salvation Army, has bravely chosen to ‘go there’ and write a necessary and important book for our times. ‘There have been few books about Salvation Army Christian ethics for 30 years. There may be a...

Life for Ivan Miller is literally about ‘putting one foot in front of the other’. The son of Salvation Army officers is on a mission to walk the length of New Zealand to raise mental health awareness. It’s a very personal journey, that he tells in his own words …...

I really try to avoid writing New Year’s Resolutions articles. They just seem so clichéd, something that I could write full of classic one-liners, but void of any real meaning. But every year, the importance of the New Year season just keeps coming back to me again and again. Because,...

It takes faith to trust that your parachute is going to open. That’s the situation I faced around 20 years ago at Bridge Pā, Hawke’s Bay. I must point out that I was a willing participant. Who in their right mind jumps out of a perfectly good plane? Well, I’m...

There’s been a little bit of controversy in the Comms office over the past few weeks. We put up the Christmas tree on November 21, and decorated the entire office space with lights and other Christmas-related ornaments. While most of the team were more than happy for Michael Bublé to...

Consecration. It’s a funny old word. To the uninitiated it sounds very ancient—other worldly—and very holier-than-thou churchy. So what, if anything, does consecration mean for us as 21st century salvationists? Is it just another exclusive paradigm only for the truly holy? Recently, I was relaying to someone the experience I...

A couple of years ago, my husband said to me, ‘You complain a lot’. You may think that was insulting. It wasn’t. It was revelatory. Frankly, it was life-changing. I am grateful to him for telling me that, even though it wasn’t my favourite thing he’s ever said to me....