Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Relationships

Till difficulties do us part? Staying married is hard work

In my past 20 years of working with couples and families, I have not found anything new under the sun anymore. With regards to love and marriage, the issues faced by every couple are somewhat similar...

COVID-19

What was the most important thing you did during the circuit breaker?

During the circuit breaker, I’ve recognised a major personal flaw: I am a restless person. I attribute it to my “Singaporean-ness“. We are always looking for things to do, even...

Church Life

Secrets from the circuit breaker: Sometimes you have to lose what is precious to find what is real

I developed Bell’s Palsy on a Wednesday in late August last year. Some days you never quite forget. It had me quarantined at home for two whole weeks as I could do nothing but rest and try not to...

Mental Health

Living with survivor’s guilt and other lessons from my friends’ suicides

I was 17 that year. One night, my mum came rushing into my room and said my art teacher needed to speak with me urgently on the phone. The next words I heard on the phone were not what I expected at...

Apologetics

Faced with temptations? Cling to truths instead

As we approach the second Sunday of Lent, it is useful for us to draw some thoughts from Jesus’ temptation by Satan, at the end of the 40 days he spent in the wilderness without food and drink...

Workplace

When I was blindly chasing my boss’ approval

I watched intently as a group of HR staff handed out certificates and a small gift to the month’s outstanding worker. A small part of me hoped they would stop by my desk. But alas, after years of...

Money Matters

I made my first half a million at 15, lost it all at 16 and found God

Part of my quest as a teenager was to become free from the question of God. I had been brought up in a Christian home and learnt about God in Sunday school, studying the Word and memorising verses....

Discipleship

What discipleship is not: Pastor Edmund Chan on 5 common flaws

Now you must realise that there are three ways we neglect something. We neglect something by not doing it. We neglect something when we stop doing it. We neglect something when we do it wrongly. I...

Relationships

I just wanted somebody to love me

At the age of 13, I got into my first unofficial “relationship” with a guy from church. My family and church leaders advised me against it, saying that I was too young and needed more...