Julie Andrews, in the film ‘The Sound of Music’, endeavours to teach children the musical alphabet (do-re-mi), likening this to homophones with their meanings (‘doe, a deer, a female deer; ray, a drop of golden sun.’) She starts this famous song with the words ‘let’s...

Thomas the Tank Engine is described as a 'really useful engine' and this term of praise is seen to be one of the highest possible in the children's series by Rev. W. Awdry. Most of us agree that usefulness is a valuable character trait, but struggle to know how to...

A leper came to Jesus once - quite against the law which required him to live as an outcast to avoid spreading infection - and asked for cleansing. In his request, he said, 'if you are willing.' (Mark 1:40) It was a big risk he took, but he was a desperate man. Jesus...