Articles by

Joanne Kwok

COVID-19

Will your love grow cold?

And so, like a glitch we’re all trapped in, Day 1 starts again today. Every time this happens to us, I think about a few things: How this resembles certain aspects of my life, where I can’t seem...

Health

A Better Ting: Seets is Home with her great Love

In early 2020, friends and strangers alike rejoiced when See Ting, better known as Seets, was declared cancer-free following her mastectomy and the completion of her treatment. She had been diagnosed...

Family

Learning to forgive the father who failed me

“Your dad was a good man, that’s why I let your mum marry him,” my maternal grandmother told me one day. “But he mixed with the wrong group of friends.” My parents got divorced when I...

Dating

Longing to fill the emptiness of my life, I traded my body for money

People ask me why I am so crazy about a God I can’t see. I attended church since young and knew of a God who is holy. But I did not understand how people could serve and obey Him with such...

Faith

Full-time under 30: I never thought my love for soccer would become my mission field

One of the life goals that I set in secondary school was to be involved in sports when I grew up. Since young, I was athletic, though scrawny, always sacrificing my break times to run around playing...

Faith

Walking through fire: We lost our baby at 27 weeks, but there is hope

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch...

Relationships

Not yet together: The trouble with everyday texting in our search for love

One Friday night in my mid-20s, I was on my way to meet my girlfriends for steak after work when I found tears welling up as I scrolled through my phone. “I think I am ready to join a...

Relationships

Rejected and alone, I was terrified of being single forever

Heart freshly broken by the man I loved after being informed that there was nothing in me that attracted him, I was utterly lost and crushed in spirit. I remember nights of sitting by my bed, all of...

Relationships

Seeing my struggles, a teacher taught me the most important lesson I would ever learn

My parents were divorced when I was 10. It felt like a relief then because my dad was impulsive, brash, and hot-tempered. He had a hard time providing for our family of six and even so, he drank,...