Articles by

Christina Wong

Singlehood

Almost 30, still single ā€“Ā but things are looking up

There are many reasons for someoneĀ to be single. Perhaps the standards we seek of our ideal partner might be too high: Maybe you’re holding out for an adventurous woman who is beautiful, yet...

Culture

Prone to wander(lust)?

Some years back, I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. While many had said that it felt like a feature-length ā€œJust Do Itā€ advertisement, the constant theme of ā€œstop dreaming, start...

Mental Health

It is okay to be not okay

Have you ever felt a pain so great that it pounds through every fibre of your being? I have. My mind goes back to one night some years back when Iā€™d gone to see a volunteer counsellor in one of the...

University

“Work, for I am with you”: Celebrating God’s faithfulness in my university years

16 May, 2016. FYP has ended. For real. The end. Today I went back to school, perhaps for the last time ever, to pack my graduation show booth up for tear-down. Time has really flown by. And yet at...

Real Life, Real People

The boy who’s always been picked on ā€“ and the God who picked me

I’ve always been bullied. Growing up, I felt no one understood me. I always felt that my parents favoured other people. At least, to my young mind it looked that way ā€“ it seemed they always...

Discipleship

I could do things my way ā€“Ā but there’s a better way

Throughout the years, my heart has been yearning for things that God has not been giving to me. I yearned for a reputable career in the creative industry, but I’m now a full-time ministry...

Easter

7 places to go this Easter weekend

Good Friday and Easter are all about the death and resurrection of Jesus. Here are 7 churches telling that story in 7 different ways that weekend. 1. THE LEAP:Ā HOPE CHURCH SINGAPORE Jail, addiction...

Real Life, Real People

The credit analyst who left everything behind for an unpaid internship in Cambodia

When I was younger in the faith, I used to hateĀ the idea of working in the church office. ThatĀ was my only concept of what full-time ministry could look like.Ā I had the perception that it would...

Culture

I donā€™t like the way I look ā€“ but Iā€™m learning to love who I am

ā€œYour daughter dances like an elephant,ā€ my dance instructor announced to my mother in front of everyone after class one day. I was 7. It was nothing new. Every week the instructorĀ did her best...