Articles by

Gracia Chiang

Devotionals

The Baker who makes all things beautiful

One of the most popular verses in Ecclesiastes is in chapter 3, where it talks about the different seasons in life and a time for every matter under heaven. The first thing that caught my attention...

Mental Health

Suicide prevention: How can we build communities that care?

“In the next 40 minutes, 60 people will die by suicide.” Sharing this sobering statistic at the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) Symposium 2021, suicide expert Dr Jonathan Singer added that...

Mental Health

When dance gave me anxiety, God turned things around

โ€œEnergy, more energy!โ€ my dance coach would scream at us from the front of the dance studio, occasionally banging the table, which caused all of us to flinch and wince at the loud sound. I was a...

How-tos & Handles

How should we pray for healing?

โ€œSo is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in...

Real Life, Real People

I was a bully, but my own battles were tearing me apart. This is how my life was turned around

When I was 15, I met a group of friends whom I wanted to reach out to. However, to my surprise, I ended up being influenced by them. It started off with simply hanging out with them. Then I realised...

Workplace

Exhausted yet excited: Why I’m looking forward to working in office again

Like many, I was thrilled at the prospect of being able to work from home (WFH) when the pandemic first hit. WFH felt like the ultimate fulfilment of my work-life balance dream for reasons like...

Missions

When your disabilities become abilities in the hand of God

As a young man, Edward* used to hide his right hand whenever he moved and walked. In fact, the very act of shaking hands with others โ€“ which comes naturally to most of us โ€“ used to be a source of...

COVID-19

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? Pastor Benny Ho says we have more than the epidemic at stake

The issue of vaccination has become increasingly contentious.ย  Some are urging others to go for it out of a sense of civic responsibility and others are calling for non-vaccination based on safety...

Do Good

Want to help Afghanistan? Hagar is calling for support of its relief efforts on the ground

It’s been around a week since we’ve seen heartbreaking footage emerging from Afghanistan. In a press briefing yesterday, the United Nations said that there are almost 16 million people in...