Boxing Day Blah
After the festive fun of Christmas, Boxing Day can feel a bit blah. It makes me wonder what the first Boxing Day was like.
The Two Basic Human Needs: Bios and Zoë
Maslow once thought our highest need was to fulfil our individual potential; he later revised this, realising we have spiritual needs too.
This Simple Act Can Really Make Your Life Count
Among charities that offer friendship to the elderly, it’s the students, young mums and other volunteers who say they benefit most.
How an Act of Grace Could End Up Saving You
Grace: it’s a radical approach that Jesus spoke into a famous phrase: ‘Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you’.
When Cracks Appear, Check Your Foundations
Our engineer’s advice added a week to our build and significant cost to our budget, but it’s a helpful metaphor for our personal lives, too.
“Go at the Speed of Joy,” He Said. But Could I?
Six words dropped into my mind as if from heaven: “Go at the speed of joy”. I’ve been trying to put them into practice ever since.
It’s Those Who Truly Seek That Find
Forrest Fenn’s hidden treasure was so valuable, hundreds left their jobs to search for it, while some even died. Sheridan Voysey reflects.
Why You Should Deface Your Books
Dog ears and margin scribbles in a book is a sure sign of how much the author has made a reader think or imagine, writes Sheridan Voysey
Why Can’t Us Men Tell Each Other How We Feel?
Why is it, in male friendships, that when a mate gets close, all we can do is joke, asks writer Sheridan Voysey.
Are These the 3 Themes of Every Human Journey?
After turning 50, I’ve discovered that my life has been all about the unfurling of just three main themes.