Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Faith

Love makes space

Have you ever wondered why God would create humanity? I’ve always wondered why God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – whose life is perfect and blessed and needs no one and no thing (Acts...

Culture

Full-time under 30: From academia to the heart of Africa

Before I was called into missions in my early twenties, I remember chatting with a close friend who was feeling the nudge towards full-time ministry. She asked me what I thought, and with gutsy...

Faith

The upside-down logic of God

“God, I can’t do this. Are you sure you want me to? Really, really sure?” That was my anxious plea the first time someone asked me to play the piano for Church service. But I had...

Culture

Waking up on the wrong side of the heart

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. Woke up to find out that my favourite cereal had just been finished by someone else. Found out that the girl I like hadn’t replied the message I...

Work

This wasn’t the life I’d planned (and it’s much better this way)

I always thought everything would come together in a nicely-wrapped package once I crossed triumphantly into adulthood. I would have a flourishing career with the picture-perfect family – and maybe...

Work

Anxious over big decisions in life?

I remember when I was choosing universities, and looking for courses I could take. It wasn’t going to be medicine for me though: I didn’t take biology, and I retched after we dissected a...

Faith

A Chinese girl in the Congo: Working in war zones 5,000 miles from home

Sleeping in mud huts on hard-packed earth. Rats crawling all over you. Making fires every night because there is no electricity to speak of. Pulling worms out from the feet of children. Running for...

Culture

In this perilous age we live in, we too are the Avengers

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR INFINITY WAR AHEAD. IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED THE MOVIE, GO WATCH IT FIRST. DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T WARN YOU! It’s the greatest war in the history of mankind. Half of...

Faith

Sewing into His Kingdom

“Did you sew this?” is a question I’ve been constantly asked when people learn that I sometimes sew my own clothes and crafts around the house. Compelled by an interest in anything...