Articles by

Gracia Chiang

#PublishPeace

#PublishPeace: Let’s make 2022 the Year of Peace

The pandemic has disrupted many things about church life. Services, singing, cell group. But what worries me most: It feels like we’ve hit the pause button on the Great Commission. Evangelism has...

Marriage

Why do I want a significant other?

I was four years old when I told my mum that I’d like to get married when I’m older. “Because,” I told my mum excitedly, “I’d like to wear a white dress — just like Cinderella!” I’m...

Music

That’s Worship: How God led us to start a YouTube channel for all things worship

How to do cell group worship on Zoom? How to remove ads when playing songs on YouTube? How to find songs that our church sings? These were some of the questions we were asked when the COVID-19...

Christmas

No, I don’t want to write yet another Christmas card for the wrong reason

Ever since secondary school, I would write cards every Christmas. It began as a personal initiative where I would dedicate time and resources to decorate and write cards for friends and those who...

Do Good

An urgent appeal to help homeless families this Christmas

With less than a week to go before Christmas, many of us might be busy sorting out party plans. But for some families in Singapore, there are anxieties over basic needs, such as where they can find a...

Music

Fireplace Worship’s “Eye of the Storm” is a declaration of faith in turbulent times

“Prove it or lose it.” This was a phrase that I coined myself at the age of 15, and I had it written on the very last page of my diary. In those ultra-edgy teenage years, I held on to this...

Dating

5 ways to stop feeling desperate when it comes to dating

I have been in that situation before. The one where desperation starts to creep in when dating options seem limited and there are long periods of not finding anyone suitable. And by suitable, I mean...

Devotionals

Have you ever felt that you aren’t beautiful? 

It hit me in January 2019. Clumps of hair fell out whenever my fingers gently ran through my long black hair. Even when I didn’t touch my hair, strands fell off easily onto my clothes, my food, and...

Movies & TV

The Wheel of Time: Is it worth your time?

It’s about time. Those were my first thoughts when I heard about the TV series production of The Wheel of Time (WoT). The high fantasy series by Robert Jordan is one of the bestselling fantasy...