We’re entering that time of year where we embrace snowflakes, reindeer and roasting chestnuts on an open fire, despite living in the wrong...
Congratulations to Chris and Alanah Moody, who have been accepted as candidates for officer training in 2020. They speak about their faith journey...
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...
At the time of writing, I am in the humbling position of being one of two Salvation Army representatives at the first public hearing of New...
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...
As the curtain closes on their active officership, Commissioners Andy and Yvonne Westrupp sat down with War Cry to reflect on the past 40 years of...
The Communications Department looks out onto the carpark at THQ and beyond to a back alley and apartments. Over the past year I have been known to...
One of the great joys of this appointment is being up close and personal with people’s stories. Everyone has a story to tell, and I have the...
It’s not just alliteration; period poverty in the Pacific Islands is a problem.
The Inspire Brass Band Festival—founded in 2017 by Captain Marcus Collings and the Hamilton City Salvation Army—took place over the weekend of 21-...
The most sacred role I have experienced thus far as a Salvation Army Officer is as Chaplain at the Christchurch Bridge addiction centre. At the...
Bob Sparkes was given 50–50 odds of surviving cancer, but he affirms that the power of prayer and the goodness of God brought him through. In...