Articles by

Wong Siqi

Mental Health

In the wake of my mother’s passing, I hid my grief away

“Your mother was highly successful. A scholar. By the time she was your age, she was giving tuition to multiple children, holding a part-time job and supporting her sister’s university...

Discipleship

Is the Sermon on the Mount full of unreachable ideals?

Are the lessons from Jesus’ well-known Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) still applicable to us today, and if so, how can we possibly apply them? Whether we’re younger or older Christians...

Dating

My unhealthy relationship nearly destroyed me – here’s how God brought me out of it

Have you ever been in a relationship with someone you kinda knew wasn’t good for you, optimistically hoping that you or God could change that person? I was there once. With hindsight, I can say...

Health

The ACL injury that changed my life

As a footballer, playing as a defender requires you to be tough enough to fend off attackers that come your way. And as a petite girl, it never really made sense to me why I loved that position so...

Music

THIR.ST TALKS: Pat Barrett on “Good Good Father” and why you shouldn’t envy him

How did you get started in the worship ministry? I ask myself that same question (laughs). I grew up in church; my dad is a pastor. So I always grew up around church music. But I think what has...

Why we shouldn’t avoid pain

During my teenage years, I struggled with a huge sense of hopelessness because of the disparity between my expectations of where I thought I would be and where I actually was. I was struggling to get...

Work

Coffee with a cause: I tasted His goodness even when my business failed

Is this what God wants me to do? I spent two years pondering this question before I took the leap of faith to start Really Good Goods to really do good, by selling really good goods. Two years...

Faith

My journey from megachurch to modest church

As the darkened stage gave way to flashing lights and rousing music, the worship band emerged, urging the congregation to stand up to worship Jesus. People rose to their feet, clapping and dancing...

Faith

Why should I love others when it’s risky and difficult?

Any investor knows that the greater the risk he is willing to take, the greater the potential returns — but also financial loss as well. But when we apply this concept to leadership and choose to...