Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Faith

Celebration of Hope: Let the little children come

Saturday morning started with a thunderous bang as thousands of children and their families showed up for a fun day out at The Colours of Hope in the National Stadium. Despite the early hour, there...

Celebration of Hope: Freedom on a Friday night

The opening rally of the Celebration of Hope welcomed thousands of Singaporeans into the National Stadium, who came to hear the stories of hope. With freedom as the theme of the night, numbers in...

Faith

The hours before Hope

There are less than 24 hours before the Celebration of Hope begins. The last time there ever was a night like this would have been more than 40 years ago — 14,772 days to be exact — on December...

Finding Purpose

Could I have everything I wanted and yet not be satisfied?

Hugh Jackman has a fascinating line in the film, Australia, where he’s talking about life. It goes something like this: You only get one story, better make it a good one. Maybe it’s work...

Studies & NS

To the graduating class of 2019: Be driven by purpose

I’m no valedictorian but I’ve got something to say anyway. I only graduated with a decent GPA, and I’m not even going to pursue as a career what I’ve studied for the last 3 years....

Dating

This is my last month as a single: 4 things I’ve learnt

I first met Cheryl about 12 years ago while we were still in different secondary schools. Today, it’s been more than 3 years since we started dating and we’re finally getting married in...

News

Sri Lanka bombings: The pain of lives lost

This was the story I never wanted to write for Easter.  I first wrote about Palm Sunday a week ago and then another piece on – would you believe it – the villains of Easter. The irony, man....

Easter

If Good Friday was a movie, then Jesus Christ would be its protagonist

Having seen dozens of reruns, almost everyone would know the hero’s story by now. The Son of God came to a fallen world in the form of a man. Born of virgin birth, He ministered and then died...

News

Notre-Dame fire: Losing a beautiful treasure

I was surfing the web when I came across the sad news. On the evening of 15 April 2019, the Notre-Dame tragically caught fire. The raging fire destroyed the spire and oakwood roof of the 856-year-old...