Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Discipleship

The importance of being silent

ā€œBut he would withdraw to desolate places and prayā€ (Luke 5:16). Jesus did this often – even when “conventional” leadership wisdom would have held thatĀ HeĀ should keep going. He...

Finding Purpose

The year I said yes to Jesus

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

Christmas

How to deal with critics: Lessons from Mary and Joseph

Over Christmas, I got a chance to rewatch The Nativity StoryĀ (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.Ā An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were...

Christmas

Want to give the perfect Christmas gift? Here’s how

We’re allĀ well acquainted with the mixed feelings that surge through our spirits as December peeks around the corner.Ā Mixed, because even without the cosiness of firelit, snow-covered houses...

Christmas

Peace out, 2016

2016 has been a difficult year for some – not me specifically, but about the World; humankind. I just Googled ā€œmajor events that took place in 2016ā€ and these are just some of the things I...

Finding Purpose

If you cannot feed a hundred people, just feed one

I saw myself on stage, standing in front of hundreds, maybe thousands of people. I never told anyone, but I wanted to do big things for Jesus and I thought I knew what that looked like. I could see...

Discipleship

All who are thirsty

Everyone thirsts. It is that deep, raw, sometimes torturous feeling of being parched; a pain so central to the human experience that no man is excused from it. It has become so commonplace that I’m...

Discipleship

I’ve got cats and dogs – but I’m the one who refuses to be tamed

As I was about to leave the house for dinner, I heard the distinct meow of my cat – from the drain outside my house. I shone my phone’s flashlight into the drain but saw nothing. After some time...