Articles by

Joanne Kwok

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...

Singlehood

The cure for loneliness: Finding peace in a Table For One

Loneliness seizes us in unexpected seasons. I recently got to know a pastor who, after years of blissful marriage, suddenly experienced loneliness when her husband dived into depression. To protect...

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. Your first teachers in the school of life. Maybe your 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...

Discipleship

The importance of being silent

“But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray” (Luke 5:16). Jesus did this often – even when “conventional” leadership wisdom would have held that He should keep going. He...

Finding Purpose

The year I said yes to Jesus

This story runs backwards. Stay with me. APRIL 19, 2016. In the middle of Changi Airport, where I was bound for Boracay on my ad agency’s annual holiday, I stared at a Whatsapp message on my...

Christmas

How to deal with critics: Lessons from Mary and Joseph

Over Christmas, I got a chance to rewatch The Nativity Story (2006), a movie based on the story of Jesus’ birth. Among other things, it stars Oscar Isaac (who was also in Star Wars: The Force...

Christmas

This Christmas, stop to appreciate those who work while you celebrate

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were...