Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Health

Calm my raging heart

In April this year, I found out that I had a tumourĀ growing from my nerve cells on the right side of my spine. Fear was a very real thing in my heart that caused me to question what would happen to...

Faith

An arts festival with purpose: Make room for the displaced this Christmas

Places are significant. Whether it be an actual physical space like our homes, a seat at the dinner table, or something less tangible like having a place in someoneā€™s heart, we all appreciate it...

Faith

Running for HOME: The race for social justice for domestic workers

It all started after graduation this year, when my good friend Isabel and I decided to courageously fly ourselves to Tiruchirappalli, India, to visit our migrant worker friends back in their own...

Relationships

40 and forgotten: When will I be married?

I am a single in my 40s who is still hoping to get married. So whenever I read a piece on singlehood by someone under 30, my heart’s always tempted to say, “WaitĀ till you hear my...

Work

Finding my voice, learning to say no

For the longest time, I struggled with the crippling fear of speaking to people in authority over me. Even as an adult in her 30s, this fear of speaking to superiors would paralyse meĀ with anxiety....

Faith

"Ask largely of God": Lou Engle rallies the youth of Singapore to pray

ā€œGod had a dream for your life before you were even born, and then He wrapped a body around that dream to fulfil that dream.ā€ Barely a few hours after he touched down in Singapore, Lou Engle,...

Faith

ā€œIf you keep the fire burning, the fire will keep you burningā€

Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong of Cornerstone Community Church had one message only for the 800 over youths gathered at the FOPx Conference taking place from November 23-25, 2017: Let the fire of God burn in...

Faith

FOPx: Surrender ushers in the supernatural, Ben Fitzgerald urges youth

ā€œWhen God tells you to do something, Heā€™s not asking you to figure out how to do it. Itā€™s up to you to obey. Itā€™s up to God to do it.ā€ Ben Fitzgerald, leader of Awakening Europe and GODfest...

Relationships

Where is God in my heartbreak?

You have to believe you’re going to make it, GodĀ said to me. There are probably as many forms of escapism in the world as there are people. Iā€™m quick to recognise it only because it is one...