Articles by

Joanne Kwok

Sermons

“The danger of familiarity is losing intimacy”: Isaac Ong at X3 Creative Conference

“I once had a girl come into a service where I was preaching with her bolster,” Isaac Ong shared at the X3 Creative Conference last Saturday, to a burst of laughter from across the room....

Disabilities

Loving Jonah, my brother with Down Syndrome

My parents would always talk about my brother when we were very young. “Oh you know,” they would tell me. “Jonah is special. He only has one hand.” This only connected for me...

Discipleship

The God who says “I am with you, always”

There’s power in a name. It’s what we’re known by (identification) and it says who we are (identity). Just think of all the names of those influential and powerful world leaders. God Himself...

Dating

Of boys and boundaries

Ever been in a situation where you had to get over someone you never actually dated? It’s tough being in that position because there was never an official change in relationship status and no...

Music

Awaken Generation and their new sound of revival

Worship and mentoring school Awaken Generation (AG) is releasing their second full-length album, To God be the Glory, on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Earlier this year, the team took a special trip...

Life & Death

It took me years to get here, but I finally want to live

To whoever is reading this: I don’t claim to be a person who knows exactly what you are going through, but from one messy, broken, redeemed person to another, this is a letter I wish someone...

Secondary

Struggling with my mental health through my O-Levels, I expected the worst

As I prepared for my O-Levels last year, I went through an extremely difficult time. There were many problems and misunderstandings that arose within my friendships due to the state of my mental...

Mental Health

Truer Words for the troubled mind

We live in a terribly noisy world. Most days, we wake up only to face a bombardment of notifications – emails, social media posts, text messages… the works. It seems as if there is always...

Finding Purpose

Coming from a family of doctors, I felt like the odd one out

Growing up, I watched both my older brothers enter medical school and graduate as doctors. Subsequently, I gained a sister-in-law who is also a doctor. But I decided to take a different route,...