Articles by

Gracia Chiang

Personalities

Overcoming the odds: Team Singapore sailor Amanda Ng on her journey to the Olympics

Singaporean Amanda Ng competed in the RS:X Women category at the 2020 Olympics, but did you know that her journey to Tokyo was one fraught with pain and anguish? Sharing her testimony with the young...

Mental Health

“I didn’t know how to grieve”: The girl who found purpose in her pain

“Dear Diary, It has been 3 weeks and I have been feeling down again. I really don’t think I’m going to come out of this anytime soon. Last week, I saw a rainbow for the first time… and then a...

News

In the wake of a tragedy, can we choose to be kind?

Angry comments have poured in from all over the internet in the aftermath of Monday’s tragic incident at River Valley High School. From condemning the photographers camping outside the school...

News

River Valley High School tragedy: A mother’s tears

What was your reaction to the news of the death at River Valley High School? One life was lost, one life was ruined forever — and the shock waves impact every single school-going child. For me and...

News

River Valley High School death: Making sense of a painful loss

It’s the sort of thing you’d never imagine reading on local headlines. This afternoon, when news broke that a River Valley High student had been killed by another student on campus, I was...

Mental Health

Tackling mental health: Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert Solomon on why we need science and religion

How does a lack of faith impact one’s mental health? How can you discern between the work of the devil and mental illness?  Questions like these were explored on the first day of the inaugural...

COVID-19

Living light: Krysta Joy on learning how to let go

I wish I could report that I was one of the successful and productive people in 2020, who thrived in the season of “virtual reality”. In fact, I’d say I was on the completely opposite end of...

Marriage

4 tips to carry you through the healing process

It’s been four months since the miscarriage. Some days grief shows up, more intensely for me and more subtly for Aaron, and we continue to practise what we’ve learnt on how to love and help each...

Worldview

Why are the decisions by the British Methodist Church on same-sex marriage significant?

A departure from Scripture and tradition. This was a point emphasised in a pastoral letter by Rev Nathanael Goh from the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC) of the Methodist Church in Singapore.  Shared...