When someone gives us something, we feel indebted; that we owe them and have to return it to them. This comes with the constant feeling of not really enjoying what we have received, because a part of us is always focussed on how and when we can be rid of the burden of the favour […]

This first line of Joseph Scriven’s great hymn almost sounds like something you might expect in a Hallmark card. Printed wording on greeting cards, however sweet, is usually quite generic and often clichéd. But the line ‘What a Friend we have in Jesus’ has nothing generic about it. Friend Jesus is a very specific kind […]

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. That is true. The idea is to give work, study, or any vocation you may need a break and spend some time in some play. The break, combined with the activity, should hopefully bring you back rejuvenated to your work, and also equipped you with […]