Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Discipleship

Euro 2020: I’m too smart for my own good

I’ve been in love with football for a long time. As a football fan who watches and plays the game, few things are better than the big tournaments. I’m talking about the World Cup, the Euros, the...

Mental Health

First-ever Christian Mental Health Conference connects pastors and practitioners

In a 2020 study, an overwhelming 85 per cent of respondents felt that their church needed to do more to address mental health issues – a gap that the upcoming Christian Mental Health Conference...

Devotionals

Half a year in, how’s your devotional life?

It’s July, which means we’ve just crossed over into the second half of the year. I’ll tell you what I’m used to seeing by this point: my resolutions would have all but died in the first...

Faith

The 40 days of prayer season is back. Are you ready?

It’s that time of the year again! Today marks the start of LoveSingapore’s 40.Day prayer series.  The annual season of prayer and fasting, now in its 25th run, takes place from July 1 to August...

Illness

Living with pain that doesn’t go away

Not many people know about this, but I struggle with chronic pain. It’s mostly deep in my neck and back. A combination of injury and poor posture. And that would be bad enough as is… But...

Church Life

After 3 years as a pastor, here is what I have learnt

Today is the official day and three-year mark of being a pastor in Soakability Church! Prior to this, I was based in Redding, California for five years before moving back to Singapore. If you want to...

Marriage

5 things I didn’t realise until I got married

For the longest time, I had looked forward to being married. I had done my share of reading and asked all the questions I could think of to prepare myself. I’m thankful that God has blessed me with...

Family

First-time dad: I’m learning about patience

So much has changed for me during this pandemic period. My BTO was delayed for nearly a year, and I joined my church to serve on a full-time basis. The biggest change, however, was becoming a father...

How-tos & Handles

5 survival tips to endure to the end (or just one more day)

Into the first week of working from home full-time and nurturing my body back to better health before I go back to the doctor for my recently diagnosed condition in two months’ time, I found myself...