Author Archives: Cameron

Well… yeah. It’s been nearly three years since I last graced these pages with an update. Time flies when you’re having fun! A lot’s happened in that time. For one, I’m no longer a Salvation Army officer, and whilst I still love the idea of what the Army was about, I cannot in good conscienceContinue reading “Hello? Is anyone there?”

A few days ago I posted about my disappointment at the way the Salvation Army General talked about the massacre of the patrons of the Pulse nightclub. My disappointment lay in the fact that the General didn’t refer to the fact that the people killed appear to have been targeted because of their sexuality and/or gender. Continue reading “An update to the General’s response to the Orlando shooting”

A lot has been said about the recent shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Amongst all of the opinion pieces and inevitable discussion about gun control in the US, the Salvation Army also made an official statement. It came in the form of a video from our world leader, General André Cox. Here’s aContinue reading “The Army’s Response to the Orlando Shooting: my thoughts”

A year or two ago I nearly found myself in a spot of bother. There was something of a push amongst certain elements of Australian society to ‘Ban the Burqa’—in other words, to force Muslim women who choose to cover their faces to remove their veils. The rhetoric was mostly about national security and women’sContinue reading “The Jihad of Jesus: a review”

I’ve been listening to the Homebrewed Christianity podcast for some years now. The HBC format is fairly simple, generally consisting of an interview with an author or theologian and discussing their particular brand of theology. The interviews can get fairly technical, but they’re meant to be accessible for anyone who likes discussing ideas. The idea is thatContinue reading “Jesus: Lord, Liar, Lunatic… or just Freaking Awesome? A review”

A few days ago I got involved in a rather nasty Facebook conversation. I’m not going to get into the details, but I was strongly reminded of something that happened to Jesus. A lot. As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him,Continue reading “Go away. I’m sick.”