Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Dating

I told my girlfriend on Valentine’s Day: “You’re not as pretty as you used to be”

Before I married my wife last year, we had been friends for 12 years during which we dated for about three. So Cheryl and I had already been going out for a fair amount of time when Valentine’s Day...

Mental Health

It’s okay to wrestle with pain

Several years ago, I found myself lying in pain on the hospital bed, recuperating from a slipped disc. My former cell group leader was about to pray for me – but he said something which I did not...

Devotionals

Yes, you can still claim Psalm 91 (Just not like the devil did!)

I love Psalm 91. I memorised it when I was a youth and quoted it often as a prayer then. In this psalm, the psalmist declares God to be his refuge and fortress, and he looks to God as: the one who...

COVID-19

If God is real, then how come Christians aren’t protected from COVID-19?

The other day, my son overheard a conversation in the barber shop that went like this: Customer: You heard about the spread of the virus happening in the churches? Barber: Oh yes! Customer: Did...

Dating

Lust in dating: The secret sin we don’t talk about

My husband and I have been married for more than half a year now. Before that, we were in a courtship for just over two years. Most of that time was spent struggling with a sin we were deeply ashamed...

Finding Purpose

Where are the open doors for my dream job?

2019 was a rollercoaster year for me. Christmas 2018 was when I tendered my resignation at the student care centre I had been working at for several years. There, I saw how my company served the...

Do Good

Singaporeans queuing to donate blood – the kind of crowd we want to see

If you’ve been following the news about the appeals for blood donors lately, then you’ll know that there’s a lot to be positive about. These calls by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and...

News

5 things we ordinary people liked about an extraordinary Budget

So you’ve probably already heard that Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Finance, Heng Swee Keat, delivered the Singapore Budget 2020 today. We’ll get into what some of the...

Real Life, Real People

I spent 48 hours in the NCID as a patient

“Sorry ma’am, but because you attend Grace Assembly of God church, we think it would be best if we sent you to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) to get your symptoms checked...