Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Discipleship

A torrid year, a troubled generation

I don’t know if you’ve received a little WhatsApp text that’s been going around.  This one’s about a timeline that lays out some notable events the younger generation have...

Mental Health

Struck down but not destroyed: Lessons on life from a Perepat tree

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” These words of the Apostle Paul in 2...

Mental Health

How to deal with trauma after a life-threatening event

In 2017, I was blessed with the opportunity to go to London alone for five months on a university exchange programme. It was truly a memorable period of time, being able to learn about a new culture,...

Mental Health

Worrying suicide trends, more people seeking help: SOS

COVID-19 has made for unprecedented levels of distress in society, which have resulted in suicide trends that are deeply concerning. Just today, it was also reported that the 16-year-old River Valley...

Studies & NS

It’s not the end: The miracles I saw through my education

Looking back at my early teenage years in 2011, or even childhood for that matter, I was always quite the playful child. I remember the days when I was in Primary School where I refused to do my...

COVID-19

How COVID-19 casts a magnifying glass on life

Through this recent KTV cluster, I feel that God is revealing to me that COVID-19 has been nothing short of a magnifying glass. Rather than focusing on the magnifying glass (COVID-19), we ought to...

Worldview

Boomers and Millennials: How different are their views on church services?

Recently, I came across a fascinating article by our friends at Graceworks on whether physical church services are still relevant today. The topic is one that is particularly pertinent to our times,...

Discipleship

A second-generation Christian asks: What if my faith has no dramatic U-turn story?

My life hasn’t been very dramatic. As a result, I don’t really have a “U-turn story” to share about how God turned my world upside down when I got to know Him. I used to think...

Life & Death

Dad died for 8 minutes: The cycling accident that changed everything

Dad was a high-flyer. Because he built Changi Airport Terminal 3, ours was the first family who actually walked into the terminal. He was also the project director for many other buildings such as...