Articles by

Jolene Yee

Faith

‘We want to be their family while they’re in Singapore’: Migrant Worker Ministry

The Migrant Worker Ministry in Hope Church Singapore was started in 2014, by a few church members who felt the need to advance the Gospel to migrant workers from China who are based in Singapore....

Real Life, Real People

Cigarettes, alcohol and a bad relationship later …

I was born and raised in a Christian household. I grew up under the impression that Christianity is just a rulebook that needs to be adhered to. As far as people around me in school were concerned,...

How-tos & Handles

God knows we’re better together

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another — and all the...

Studies & NS

When I didn’t make it into OCS

When I began my NS journey in 2014, all I cared about was making it into OCS. Officer Cadet School (OCS) is a path only some soldiers will get to take. It’s a route reserved for soldiers of...

Studies & NS

7 reasons why every church should have a ministry for NSmen

My church has a National Service ministry, where young men are discipled to fight for the things of the Kingdom. I joined the NS ministry, thinking that it’d be a fun place. Honestly, I fully...

Studies & NS

The real reason you’re in school

What’s the big deal about entering university? I mean, most of us been through 12 or more years in the Singapore education system – isn’t college just an extension of the journey as a...

Culture

On the ‘gram, I get to be God

Recently, it seems like more people are privatising their Instagram accounts. I kinda get that. Most of us don’t want to be stalked by strangers – we only want to share our lives with those...

Mental Health

Stop being hard on yourself

“Give chance, leh.” Sure, that’s easy – when it comes to giving others a chance. But it’s so difficult when it comes to giving myself a chance. I’m 21, and I’ve been...

Music

Out of the depths of despair, a song of hope

In 2015, I heard the amazing testimony of Ivan and Rachel Tan. Their baby, Johanna, had been diagnosed with a series of congenital heart defects that were diagnosed as life-threatening if left...