Articles by

Gracia Chiang

Mental Health

Struggling with depression since seminary, I’ve been sidelined so many times

On September 10, the world celebrated World Suicide Prevention Day. Around the same time last year, the world was hit with the news of a pastor who took his own life. This year, it happened again...

University

My humbling hall life: Seeing God’s goodness in a ministry that I almost didn’t start

On three separate occasions, I was approached by three different people with the challenge to serve in a hostel ministry that I had never heard of. I declined all three times, reasoning that it was a...

How-tos & Handles

5 things to consider when you’re at the crossroads

Are you at the crossroads? Does it feel like your entire future depends on the decisions you are about to make? Perhaps it’s what school to attend, what subjects to study. Maybe it’s what job to...

Church Life

Why do our leaders leave?

It’s always tragic to hear stories of people who fall away from the faith. It’s even more tragic when these are anointed worship leaders, powerful speakers or full-fledged pastors. I’ve...

Real Life, Real People

Dear Andrew, you’re finally home

Many would have heard of Andrew Hui. At 32 years old, he had bravely shared about his struggle with cancer and his perspective on dying. I almost met Andrew. In fact, our team was scheduled to...

Devotionals

Wrestling with your identity? He calls you by name

Early in my career as a teacher, God had whispered into my ears a simple and powerful – yet easily neglected – strategy to encourage my students when marking their assignments.  He told me to...

News

City Harvest’s Pastor Kong Hee released from jail

He’s free. City Harvest Church’s founding pastor Kong Hee was released this morning after being in jail for 2 years and 4 months. He turns 55 tomorrow.   As quickly as the media mob...

News

Hong Kong protests: When the streets I knew turned into turmoil

A couple Sundays ago, my husband, son, and I found ourselves in the vicinity of a protest march. It was in the neighbourhood I had grown up in, and I was amused watching crowds of people dressed in...

Worldview

What art taught me about all my mistakes in life

I have a love-hate relationship with art. You see, I flunked art almost every semester in primary and secondary school, and yet I became a film major in my polytechnic days. In essence, I spent three...