Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Life & Death

Babies lost to abortion: Unplanned but not unknown

June is the founder of the Buttons Project Singapore, an initiative that invites anyone affected by abortion to send in, either physically or digitally, a button of memorial for each baby. The...

Illness

How is God still good if I have breast cancer at 26?

Update (February 25, 2021): On the afternoon of February 23, 2021, See Ting went home to be with the Lord. Our hearts hurt and rejoice all at once because she is gone – but also free from the pain...

Mental Health

Mended by love: A mental health professional offers hope and help

This was a response written to a story we ran earlier this month: “There are more like Jarrid: Why I’m breaking the silence at 30”. Last Friday night, I skipped cell group and headed...

Mental Health

Learning to love myself when others called me fat

When I was studying in China, there were many occasions when sales assistants would just ignore me whenever I walked into shops or boutiques around my university. When they did take notice of me,...

Discipleship

What are you hiding from God?

It’s strange looking back and realising just how much my Christian life was driven by my struggle with pornography. I can’t remember the number of times I would masturbate on a Saturday night,...

Finding Purpose

To all young teachers: Remember why we do this

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese I remember this boy in one of the classes I was teaching, I read suspicion and uneasiness in his eyes. I was giving a...

Mental Health

There are more like Jarrid: Why I’m breaking the silence at 30

In the evening glow of September 9, 2019, Julianne Wilson captured her husband, Jarrid, tossing their younger son in the air – to much exhilaration and giggles – as they waited for their elder...

Friendship

The can opener I never had: Making friends with the people next door

It was July 2017, and my newly wedded wife and I had just moved into our new home. Building a home was such a surreal experience. From finally learning how to keep a household in order and developing...

Mental Health

After years of eating disorders, I struggled to conceive my first child

I didn’t struggle with my body through most of my younger years. As a badminton player who represented my school, I was very muscular, especially in my lower limbs, from the sheer amount of...