Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Dating

Falling in love with someone who struggled with SSA

I must confess that I grew up with a kind of grid for envisioning how my life and relationships would look like. At every stage, I thought I knew what I wanted and looked for in a man and in romance....

Church Life

Am I still a member of my church if I’m not “useful”?

I don’t remember the first time I played the guitar on stage, but I certainly remember the third. I was a new member of the worship team, and I was only just becoming comfortable playing on stage....

Personalities

When sons leave home: Former Hillsong writer Marty Sampson is losing his faith

“Time for some real talk… I’m genuinely losing my faith,” Marty Sampson wrote on his Instagram account yesterday, August 12, 2019. “And it doesn’t bother...

Worldview

A new “merdeka”: True freedom is found in dependence

I recently discovered that I am a product of the Merdeka Generation. When Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965 and gained full independence as a nation – what they called merdeka, or freedom...

Do Good

What good can come out of Geylang? Cai Yinzhou on life’s greatest adventure

“Who’s Yinzhou?” I asked in a newly formed chat group of social activists and do-gooders back in early August 2015. Someone had pointed out to me that he was in the group....

Sermons

God knows where to find you: You don’t have to strive to be seen

Taking the stage on the last day of the Burning Hearts Conference 2019, James Lee Lacaden, who founded the Vigan House of Prayer in Northern Philippines in 2013, was a picture of a man among...

News

Regardless of race: Which side of offence are you on?

This was written in response to NETS’ controversial E-Pay ad and the subsequent video response by local influencer, Preeti Nair (better known as Preetipls), who is also under investigation...

Do Good

Philip Yancey: How can we race to show grace in a hostile world?

“People don’t perceive the Gospel as good news anymore,” renowned Christian author Philip Yancey announced matter-of-factly at the Eagles Leadership Conference last Friday. Things...

Surveys & Reports

In the last days: The posture of the persistent widow

Eight years ago during a conference held at Kum Yan Methodist Church, a young man responded to a call to bring God day-and-night worship in Singapore. He didn’t fully understand why he felt the...