These days you wouldn’t believe it to look at me, but I once had a short-lived athletic career as a sprinter!
At 22, Nesan Kistan had life planned out. He had just finished university and was preparing to start a career in psychology. Then his father was...
For Bevan Sanders a desire to help people make the most out of their lives led him to working with at-risk Wellington young people.
The little known story of Peter Norman, an Australian Salvationist who ran the race of his life to win silver in the 1968 Olympics, but gave up...
The runners sped up, heading for the top bend of the track and the home straight. What followed was one of my favourite memories.
When reading novels, my mother-in-law has a strange practice: she turns to the back page first for a quick skim, before getting stuck into the...
How can I build a closer relationship to my brother? We come from a loving family, but don’t have much in common and have never been close.
Germany has made space for more refugees than any other European country. Salvation Army officer Captain Ollie Walz and his wife Christiane have...
When his Lego skills left a toddler unimpressed, Jeremy Suisted learnt a difficult lesson in thankfulness. He reflects on the importance of that...
The Salvation Army’s Aspire programme is into its second year, and despite slimming down in numbers, leaders, students and parents say positive...
I like to think I fly the banner for averagely-achieving mums. Recently, we held our first proper, kids-high-on-candy birthday party.
When I was five, my parents took me to Disneyland. One of the highlights was the ‘It’s a Small World’ ride. I recall sailing past figurines of...
