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Rebecca Howan

Press Services International

Rebecca Howan is from Wellington, New Zealand, where she works as an Executive Assistant in the humanitarian sector. She worships and serves at The Salvation Army, and is passionate about music, travelling the world and building community.

You can read Rebecca’s previous columns at https://www.pressserviceinternational.org/rebecca-howan.html

  • Living a life of radical integrity

    I love summer reading. During that blissful period between Christmas and New Year’s when no one quite knows what day it ...

  • The media and me – a love-hate relationship

    I am a former news junkie.

  • Loving diversity exactly as it comes

    I was recently at a Salvation Army event that happens every three years, bringing together people from all over New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, to join in fellowship, celebration, and vision casting for the future. I’ve been to plenty of these before and while they’re all fantastic, if we’re honest they’re also pretty similar.

  • How to be a person of influence (spoiler: don’t try)

    Influence is an extremely powerful commodity. Everyone is influenced by someone or something, and it can be for good or for bad. In many respects, to have influence is to have power.

  • The beauty of community

    Life is a curious thing. On the one hand, we experience the joy of weddings, birthdays, achievements, and celebrations.

  • I think I’m a hoarder

    I have a box where I keep every wedding andbirthday invitation, conference keepsake and church service momento that I’ve ever received. I still have every ticket and programme from the many concerts that I’ve been to over the years(and I studied classical music at university, so there are a lot).

  • Seasons of life

    New Zealand is currently in transition between autumn and winter. While I know that this brings mixed feelings to many people who still mourn the loss of summer as it becomes adistant memory, the transition does bring a silver lining – a golden light with gorgeous sunrises and sunsets every day.

  • Good friends are good for the soul

    How amazing are friends?

  • How to live a joyful life when life is anything but

    The past few weeks have been a real struggle. Work is hard, relationships have been hard, church has been hard, thinking about my future has been hard. There’s just a lot going on and none of it seems straightforward.

  • Trading #treatyoself for a life of discipline

    I confess that I am part of the #treatyoself generation.