"What the world needs now, is love sweet love," the song goes. Absolutely — and yet the world needs more than love. In the West we're more anxious than ever, feeling the weight of too much choice and measuring our worth by our achievements. It's a good thing, then, that Jesus brings many, many blessings to a needy world.
Author: Dr Justine Toh
Dr Justine Toh is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity where she speaks and writes about the Christian faith. Justine has a PhD in Cultural Studies from Macquarie University in Sydney and tweets, erratically, at @justinetoh. These devotions draw in parts on her new book 'Achievement Addiction'.