Some of us may feel it’s more spiritual to not want anything, that ‘wanting things’ is too carnal to be worthy of Christians. I don’t think it’s actually possible to live in a place of no desire, however. The Buddhists may wish to attain this state (Nirvana, a...

In our series ‘Questions’, looking now at the questions God asks us, we looked at Jesus’ question ‘What do you want?’ This occurs in three places (John 1:38, Matt 20:32, Mark 10:51) and shows us that Jesus is interested in every aspect of our lives. Often, we find...

Are you in the doldrums? This phrase means to be depressed or listless, to have no interest in anything and consequently to do nothing, to be aimless and drifting. The origins of the phrase arise from a popular nautical term that refers to the belt around the Earth...