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Posted on January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 by Peter Sidebotham

Giving

“We are givers because we were made that way, and if we don’t give, we are at odds with ourselves.”

 

  • Miroslav Volf (2005) Free of charge: giving and forgiving in a culture stripped of Grace.

 

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