Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Health

It took a mango-sized tumour to shatter my illusion of a perfect life

In early 2017, I injured my lower back. I couldn’t even stand up without pain or a severe hunch. The doctor referred me for physiotherapy which was where I learnt that an x-ray had showed an...

Faith

The rainbow, a sign from God

A few days back, I was on my usual morning run before work, thinking about conversations I recently had with friends who had prayed to God for a sign. God had answered them in different ways like...

Faith

How to use your SkillsFuture Credit (to bless others!)

What if someone handed you $1,000 to improve yourself by learning a skill? What would you choose to learn? In case you don’t know yet, that’s kind of what we’ve been given in the...

News

Our favourite stories of the year

2020 was an absolute whirlwind of a year. We’ve honestly barely had a moment to catch our breath as a team, but we thought it was still important that we look back as a team on all the stories...

Christmas

Have you found these Easter eggs in Bridge Boy?

Have you seen our animated short film for Christmas yet? How many Singapore-specific Easter eggs can you spot in Bridge Boy?  As a short film with a local take on the Christmas story, Bridge Boy is...

Outreach

Assembly Asia is offering a $100K grant for online outreach initiatives

If you’re a creative in the kingdom, you’ll want to listen up. Assembly Asia is offering to seed fund awesome kingdom ideas for outreach. They’re calling it the Kingdom Innovation...

Personalities

Renowned marathoner Mok Ying Ren on the greatest race of his life

I was a very athletic kid. In primary school, I was the fastest kid for 1.6km and I got the best results for fitness tests. Subsequently, I did cross country, triathlons and marathons. In university,...

Mental Health

Bullied all my life, I felt like a calefare in my world

In primary school I was often teased and left out. I guess I was a late bloomer so I was more clueless than most of the other kids. I found it really hard to make friends and would usually be lost in...

Mental Health

Unmute yourself

“You’re muted. You need to unmute yourself.” Many of us have by now had so many Zoom meetings that we expect to hear certain phrases every time. “Can you hear me?” Can you see me yet?”...