Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Faith

Seeing beyond our suffering

There is suffering in everyone’s story. Talk to anyone, have a coffee with them, listen to them talk about their lives for long enough and you’ll find suffering in their journey. From...

Faith

Do young people have what it takes to go forth and make disciples?

While “conventional” missions continues to hold a critical place in the Church, the way we talk about missions requires a greater emphasis on inclusivity. To reduce missions to a two-week trip to...

Faith

I would have left this world if not for a friend

Since young, I hated looking at myself in the mirror because of how ugly I thought I was. I wouldn’t even take pictures with anyone. It was suffocating, living with this fear of mirrors and...

Relationships

How I forgave my dad for having an extramarital affair

I grew up in a Christian family. We attended Church every Sunday, my parents taught me to pray and they read the Bible to me. Everything was smooth-sailing – until my parents got into a fight that...

Culture

I thought I was good for nothing

As a child, I always wondered what I was good at. I wasn’t a good student and never knew the purpose of studying other than appeasing my parents – something I wasn’t good at doing either....

Faith

We quit only because we do not trust

I think these 4 things rob us of our capacity to yield to God: Insecurity, pride, fear and impulsiveness.  When we are insecure, our desire for the affections of others eclipses our desire for...

Culture

My love affair with the Arts: Where do blurred lines lead?

I remember a question raised by my friend: Science has often been viewed with contention with regards to leading young Christians away from the faith, but couldn’t the Arts do that just as...

Culture

Do you love life enough to save it?

“What would you do about a young woman in church who is pregnant out of wedlock?” I asked. “As it is a pastoral matter, we will try to deal with it in private,” came the reply from the...

Culture

Easter is over but we’re still living in that long, long Saturday

By the time you read this, Easter would have come and gone. Good Friday would be done and dusted. Dramatic remembrances of Jesus’ last meal, long bloody trek to Golgotha and final breath would...