Articles by

Christina Wong

Culture

PraySingapore: The day the church filled the National Stadium with prayer

PraySingapore saw tens of thousands of Christians throng Singapore’s National Stadium on October 7, 2018 for an afternoon of worship and intercession. The national prayer meeting, which cut...

National Service

With my rifle and my buddy and my … NS ministry

6 July 2018 was the day of my enlistment. As a cell group leader prior to enlistment, I had made plans to stay back in the tertiary ministry: I wanted to disciple the younger guys there to be an...

Relationships

When you’re single but not by choice

“How are you, being single?” My friend was telling me about a friend who was approaching her thirties soon and struggling with singleness. We agreed that age might have played a large role in...

Mental Health

How my view on mental illness changed after I saved someone from committing suicide

I once thought that those who attempted to commit suicide were weak-willed and selfish individuals who had complete disregard of the love and concern of their loved ones and friends… But my...

Culture

Alabaster Co: Presenting the Bible to a visual generation

I first heard of Alabaster Co when one of the designers in my church shared their Kickstarter campaign on her Facebook feed. That was sometime in late 2016. A brand dedicated to redesigning the Bible...

Faith

GET IN WITH THIR.ST

Love Thir.st? Then we want you to: GET INSPIRED. GET INVOLVED. GET INTO THE WORK WE DO. So if you’re in the business of writing, video production, photography, animation, coding, preaching,...

Work

What I learnt from 12 months of job searching

Getting a job shouldn’t be that tough. Besides, I’m a Singaporean and I’m going to graduate with a bachelor with an honours degree. That was my mentality towards my impending job search while...

Culture

THIR.ST TALKS: Getting real with Hillsong Young & Free

Formed in 2012, Hillsong Young & Free is known for their contemporary electropop worship tunes that have been played in churches worldwide. Thir.st sat down with two of their members, Aodhán...

Relationships

My parents don’t talk any more

“How are your parents?” That was the question my friend asked me, as we sat in a ramen shop after wrapping up our worship training overseas. She had just shared with me about her family; she was...