Would Jesus even use social media? Quite obviously, we can’t turn to a passage in one of the gospels in which Jesus uses social media. But the question is: Are there principles in the gospels...
A couple of years ago, my parents decided to give me a few of their plants to take care of. I wasn’t really a plant person, but I wanted to appreciate their gesture and so accepted (rather...
Pin-drop silence, palpable tension in the air. The teacher looks directly at us and explains what pornography and masturbation mean to a cohort of Secondary 3 girls. A rush of shame engulfs me, but I...
In the first week, I spent most of my time at a refugee camp in Przemyśl, a city next to the Ukrainian border in Poland. To get here, I had flown 16 hours from Singapore to Krakow (including a...
In a day and age where we are constantly bombarded with various worldviews and beliefs, I have constantly grappled with how to engage with others on social issues relating to family. I am by nature a...
The journey of motherhood did not start with skin-to-skin or looking into my baby’s eyes with my husband by my side. I literally crawled into motherhood bruised and battered, overwhelmed with...
Around the middle of 2021, I discovered that I was pregnant, so I arranged to see an obstetrician at the hospital. During the check-up, I also decided to raise the issue of the two lumps on my...
The air froze. Besides the clink of forks, there was nothing but an awkward silence. I remember the look on the young man’s face as we had dinner in a beautiful restaurant he had carefully...
Having studied in Australia for five years, jumping headfirst into work in Singapore was tough. Towards the end of my work supervision, I began to feel strangely overwhelmed and crippled. I felt that...