Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Culture

"Clean Hands, Pure Hearts and Beautiful Feet": Bringing Good News to the next generation

The following is an excerpt from the book “Clean Hands, Pure Hearts and Beautiful Feet”, featuring Dr Tan Lai Yong. “Once, Lai Yong joined a medical team on a visit to a lepers...

Faith

How are those resolutions coming along?

How are your new year resolutions coming along? Mine was “get busy”. Not get busy trying to fill myself with things that don’t last, or things that bring temporal fulfilment. I...

Relationships

I got stood up on Valentine’s Day

It was Valentine’s Day. I could have gone on a date with my husband. But I had looked forward to meeting Miss L. She was a freelance sex worker from East Asia, pacing the streets of Geylang’s...

Faith

Celebrating Selah: 4 years of realigning a generation

“Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a Relevant in Singapore?” was a question I found myself asking back in the early 2010s, sometime after I’d graduated and was wondering how to creatively...

Faith

Walking on water

You know the story where Jesus walks on the water? In it, Peter also walks on the water before he freaks out and starts to sink – which is where Jesus saves the day. My cell leader kept going on...

Relationships

I can’t change my boyfriend, but I can love him

I felt God gently ask me at the beginning of the year: How can you steward your relationships better in 2018?  How can you be a more present daughter, sibling, friend and partner? How can you learn...

Faith

How should we respond when a church leader falls?

Recently, I read a very appalling story. It was about a very well-regarded Christian leader who had achieved much for the kingdom of God and fought many battles for Him. He was a very influential...

Culture

Greater Love: Worship night with Thir.st

Come Wednesday, February 14, the world will celebrate one of its favourite things: Love. Flowers will be bought. Gifts exchanged. Songs sung. Confessions made. For those of us with significant...

Culture

The God of love

The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. (“Nature Boy”, Nat King Cole) To love and be loved. Finding your soul mate. Marrying your sweetheart....