Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Workplace

5 godly attitudes to bring into your workplace

“God, please give me a job that I would be happy to wake up to every morning for 40 years.” This was my genuine prayer right before graduating from university. While all my batchmates were...

Personalities

Team Singapore, what is wrong with us?

So you know by now that Joseph Schooling didn’t make it in the heats. That means Singapore’s local hero, the reigning 100m butterfly Olympic champion, will not be defending his crown at...

Discipleship

What next after prayer? Isaac Ong on taking ownership as young people in Singapore

On the night of the River Valley High School tragedy, an online prayer rally was held for the nation and generation. During the meeting, Isaac Ong from the impossible413 team spoke about spiritual...

How-tos & Handles

How can we grieve well?

Every day, we will hear and witness death around us. It is normal for us to grieve, especially when our loved ones die. Yet, grief can be debilitating and incapacitating. Grief can rob one of the...

Tech

God and Games: Former Street Fighter pro fights gaming stigma with G.G.

Ever heard of the arcade game Street Fighter 2? Back in the day, Lang Tien was one of its fiercest competitors and even one-time promoter. That was how he began running a company that organised...

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...