Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Illness

The cost of daily bread

In secondary school, my daily habit would be to pack about three to four slices of Gardenia enriched white bread in a zip-lock bag, hide it under my desk and pinch on them throughout the day. It may...

Mental Health

Learning how to say no: 3 Ps to liberate your life

Lord of my life, finances, family and job… But how about Lord of my schedule? I love planning my life so much that I have it down to the hour. Even without the intense workload of teaching, I...

Life & Death

The time I attempted suicide

Pills and broken glass, tears and blood, fear and despair. It was one of the darkest nights of my life. I didn’t want to do it yet I couldn’t see how to face the next day. The pain of ending...

National Service

I faced down five weeks of depression in NS

In 2018, I struggled with depression for five weeks. As a National Serviceman, I was transitioning from an old camp to a new camp. Things were run differently, and having to adapt to the new...

Worldview

Young or old, there’s no point playing the blame game

There is a crescendoing cry for justice and change in almost every part of the world. Our headlines are increasingly dominated by the social injustices in our communities, accompanied by movements...

Mental Health

Cutting food and my body, I felt like a walking zombie

My struggle with mental illness started way back when I was in secondary school. I was overwhelmed by family and relationship issues, and faced great pressure in school. I felt the need to perform so...

Outreach

Bringing an unchanging message to a changing generation

Cru’s global digital strategist Simon Seow shares insights from his 20-year journey and how digital natives can impact the future. About 10 years ago, God began to make the digital sphere a...

Discipleship

Seeing hope in the hopelessness

At the start of the year, I was privileged to be given a book from a friend titled Whose Child Is This?  The book tells the story of Pastor Bill Wilson, founder of Metro World Child, the largest...

Do Good

Who is my neighbour?

Working in the social service sector, you come across pretty heart-wrenching stuff regularly. But some things are sobering. I overheard one such conversation a couple years back. My colleagues were...