Articles by

Wong Siqi

Faith

Riches I have, but not measured in dollars

I think it was in primary school that I first realised my family was comfortably well-off. Yellow rice 加蛋 was the king’s meal back in the day. I know that now. For a long time that was my...

Faith

The pitfalls of comparison

For most of my life I couldn’t stop comparing myself to others. Is he smarter than me? Is she prettier than me? Does she have more friends than I do? Sounds normal and innocent enough, but I ended...

Culture

You’re not too young to live well

Moving into the workforce can be daunting for those fresh out of university. You go from most senior to most junior – with colleagues possibly much older than you – and there’s a whole set...

Relationships

A man’s take on casual dating

Did you know that the term “going steady” originated in the 1950s, where it referred to a couple that was ready to commit to a marriage? Today, “going steady” takes a looser...

Faith

The secret to praying is practice

Overnight prayer came naturally to me even as a new believer. I loved to tuck myself into bed at night and talk to God – the prayer would only be concluded the next morning with an “amen!”...

Faith

I was just going through the motions

I first knew about “God” when I was in Primary School. My mum had enrolled me then into a student care centre run by YMCA where I was exposed to Bible stories and had the occasional field...

Faith

I went from conference attendee to Africa missionary

Six years ago, I watched a video which changed my life. Attending the 2012 Kingdom Invasion Conference, the video I watched was about Heidi Baker’s IRIS ministry in Pemba, Mozambique. It...

Relationships

Why was I born into a dysfunctional family?

I’ve been a straight “A” student all my life. I constantly topped my cohort – and was Head Prefect to boot! But while my life seemed perfect on the surface, it was far from that...

Faith

How can quiet time be done out of love, not obligation?

‘These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.” (Isaiah 29:13) Echoed by Jesus,...