Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Culture

I had an abortion, and the guilt and shame almost killed me

I stared at the rows of bottles in the room Marina had ushered me into. I’d been awestruck by the sights in New Zealand over the past few weeks, but nothing could prepare me for this. In the jars...

Work

Are you waiting for your big break?

Sometimes, I feel like I’m still waiting for my big break. All my life, I’ve been wondering when my big break would come. For instance, when I did comedy, I waited for some life-changing...

Relationships

No agenda love: Carrying the heart of God

I must constantly make this clear to myself: The purpose of helping, serving, caring for or befriending anyone is to represent God’s heart to them. It is to express to them how He feels toward them...

Health

The girl who would not walk in the dark

In my teens, I often volunteered as a facilitator in student camps. By the time I was 19, I was helping out at my sixth camp, where we brought a bunch of students to Malaysia for a week’s...

Health

Depression, dyslexia and the hope I hold on to

I was never the “normal” kid, even from young. With ADHD and dyslexia, I never really fit in with the “crowd” and got bullied and ostracised often growing up. I’ve always longed for love,...

Faith

I’ll never be as _______ as her

I was never happy with who I was. Even when I received a compliment, I wasn’t satisfied. All it took was for someone to post a picture of themselves on Instagram, depicting their...

Faith

How to get comfortable in the waiting room

If you are currently trudging through a probably-quite-agonising period of waiting for something, here are a couple of thoughts I had recently that I hope will be of some help. 1. Waiting is about...

Culture

In Singapore, we must choose life

“Father, can You take this burden away from me?” With my hands clasped tightly and my head bowed down, tears fell in fat drops onto my hand while my mind struggled to understand what was...

Relationships

Living in the tension

Tension. Some of us face it almost every day. Maybe at work. Maybe in our relationships. Or maybe, for you it’s a deep internal struggle. I face this tension when I find myself pulled in...