Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Discipleship

What sticks better than nian gao to the teeth? Try a little FAITHFULNESS

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: CHINESE NEW YEAR EDITION Light the candles for the birth of a new year – nian gao is served! Sounding like “high year” in Mandarin, these “new year”...

Discipleship

Polishing off that kueh bangkit? Do so with GENTLENESS

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: CHINESE NEW YEAR EDITION One of my favourite CNY snacks is the crumbly, soft, forever delectable kueh bangkit. My relatives knew this from the rate thatĀ I, as a child, would...

Discipleship

Eyeing another slice of bak kwa? Exercise SELF-CONTROL

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: CHINESE NEW YEAR EDITION You’ve seen the queues. You’ve smelled it roasting. You probably can taste it as you read this. It’s the almighty bak kwa! Also known...

Discipleship

Learning to love the God of Job

The book of Job is a perplexing one to many Christians. Apparently older than Genesis, this book appears out of nowhere, and is more or less self-contained in its own independent context. The Bible...

Surveys & Reports

Permission To Dream: A night of praise, prayer and reconciliation

More thanĀ 200 believers – students and parents – gathered at the Yale-NUS Performance Hall on the evening of Jan 10 for the NUS leg of Permission ToĀ Dream, a non-denominational worship event...

Worldview

To my fellow Christian extroverts: The struggle is real, I know

Is it just me, or does everyone want to be an introvert nowadays? Even the introverts have noticed. Like cats and other cute animals, the Internet loves them. A quick Google unearths some real-life...

Mental Health

Serving God amid depression

Around the world, 1 in 5 young people suffer from mental illness. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that that an estimated number of 350 million people are affected by depression and about...

Family

Parental guidance is advised

You’d think it gets easier as you get older: Loving the ones who carried you into the world. The ones who gave you your name.Ā Your first teachers in the school of life. Maybe yourĀ relationship...

Singlehood

Super un-single: The single-minded pursuit of perfect love

Facebook reminded me the other day to complete my decade-old profile. For one, it prompted, you still haven’t chosen a relationship status. And I’m sure it would have added, if collected data...