Articles by

Gabriel Ong

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. Iโ€™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 monthsโ€™ time, I found myself...

Culture

My unhealthy obsession: I can’t get enough of sad songs

Ever since I was a pre-teen, I have always been plugged into my iPod. I listen to songs when I commute, I listen to songs when I am waiting in line and I have the habit of listening to songs just...

Faith

The power of God and community during a quarantine

I was making my way out of school when I received a video message from my cell group leader. She briefly explained that one of our cell group members had contracted the resurgent COVID-19 virus....

Culture

Are you a fear superspreader?

I wonder if you do something like this or can relate: Breaking news comes in about the coronavirus, e.g. a new variant was detected at a mall you and your family had just visited a week ago. You rush...

Faith

Look how these Catholic High School boys are supporting one another in quarantine

It’s always a little more painful when we learn that a young child has contracted an illness as deadly as COVID-19.ย  For instance, news came in just last night (May 21) that there were 30 new...