Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Faith

How to really read your Bible

One of the challenges that new believers first encounter in reading the Bible is reading it in totality. We tend to have the most trouble with the Old Testament (OT), where cultural and...

Faith

Speak up: You don’t have to be charismatic or extraordinary

The Old Testament has 17 books that are named after prophets whom God chose to speak through, instead of speaking directly to His people. Yet some of us don’t believe that God could use us as His...

Faith

Are you serving for affirmation?

I suspect that many of you reading this article are serving in churches, or are at least in some position of responsibility or authority. You might be a ministry head, cell leader, mentor. Or you...

Missions

Exploring the greater world of good

Love travelling and mission work – and wish you could do both at the same time? We met up with Actxplorer, a Singaporean social enterprise that brings travellers and locals from developing nations...

Mental Health

On depression, anxiety and ministry

Recently, a young pastor of an emerging church tragically took his life after battling depression and anxiety. He left behind his wife and three children, breaking his congregation’s heart and...

Faith

Will you be the answer in humanity’s most desperate hour?

Darkness has always been very busy, aggressively moving forward. In the time of Genesis, darkness was already doing that. Darkness had already moved so far ahead in the time of Noah that the whole...

Relationships

Friendship and community

“When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was...

Disabilities

Born without sight, raised without my parents: Seeing hope in the darkness

Born with retinal dystrophy, Stephanie plays the erhu with The Purple Symphony, which comprises musicians with and without special needs, and the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra, where she...

Disabilities

Speaking with my eyes: Living out loud in a silent world

Isabelle is a 24-year-old aspiring photographer who has Nager Syndrome, a rare condition. Born with profound deafness, she uses sign language to communicate. This interview was held in sign language,...