Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Real Life, Real People

A new heart, and a new life to go with it

I went for open-heart surgery when I was 2 years old. But I was so young then that it seems like a figment of my imagination, an event I cannot recall, nor would I want to. But the month before I...

Discipleship

Why is it so hard to make the right decisions in life?

At the age of 10 I was introduced to The Game of Life, a board game that brings players through a series of life decisions from college to retirement, with jobs, homes, marriage and even children...

Devotionals

He brews: Glimpses of God in a slow-drip coffee

Q: When was coffee first mentioned in the Bible? A: In He-brews! My guess is that most of us have heard this joke before (one too many times, probably); it is joke that attempts to make sense of two...

Real Life, Real People

Full-time under 30: I gave up a banking career to work with at-risk kids in Thailand

Like many of my peers in university, I wanted to pursue a career in wealth management with one of Singaporeā€™s top banks. I remember writing out a progression plan for a career planning module,...

Movies & TV

The Gospel according to Logan

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND. IF YOU HAVENā€™T WATCHED THE MOVIE, GO WATCH IT FIRST. DONā€™T SAY WE DIDNā€™T WARN YOU! Haunting, aching, beautiful, the super(anti)hero film Logan lingered in...

Finding Purpose

The danger of self-help

Help? We are all searching for purpose, meaning and fulfilment in the lives we lead. We are a people looking for help. Although we try to appear put together on the outside, the rate at which...

Worldview

Men, women and abortion

I hear so many people repeating the idea that abortion is a ā€œwomanā€™s rightā€ and that others should not interfere with a womanā€™s ā€œright to chooseā€. Abortion is promoted in...

Finding Purpose

Message from your #FUTUREME: Donā€™t stop dreaming!

The teenage years are a special place to be. Your heart is like a raw diamond, glistening with fresh dreams and aspirations, full of expectancy and possibility. But itā€™s also a time of youthful...

Work

Honestly, how do you feel about work?

In the mundane day-to-day overload of work and school, busyness has established itself as a badge of honour. It is a carefully crafted connotation of ā€œsuccessā€ in a culture which...