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Culture

FOPx: Is youth worship just for the young?

Last week, I found myself Googling: “What is FOPx Worship Night?” Some quick research and one promotional video later, I came to this conclusion: A youth-focused, open-air, outdoor worship...

Culture

Is this worship or a concert?

A quick search on the internet will show that most dictionaries define “concert” as a public musical performance. According to this definition, worship can be considered as a type of a...

Culture

FOPx Worship Night 2018: A little fall of rain can’t stop us now

The team had all of two weeks to prepare. St Andrew’s Cathedral, right smack in the heart of the city, had suddenly opened up to host this year’s FOPx Worship Night, which took place last...

Culture

“There are no winners in this case”: Jail, cane for couple who fatally abused Annie Ee

“This is a tragedy for sure. There are no winners in this case,” said the defence lawyer for the couple who were today (December 1) sentenced for their part in the death of Annie Ee, a...

Culture

Taylor Swift says the old Taylor Swift is dead. What a shame

“I’ve got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined. I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!” snarls Taylor Swift in her latest single, Look What You Made Me Do. The music video,...

Music

How I came to see His mercy

I like taking bus rides alone. I usually have my headphones on, playing my favourite worship songs. Five years ago, on my way home, I found myself awestruck in the bus. I closed my eyes on the bus...

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...

Music

Numb – the cry of a generation

I’m tired of being what you want me to be Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface Don’t know what you’re expecting of me Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes Every...

Life & Death

In the end: Reflections on death and the lives of Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell

An unashamed confession: About two weeks ago, the entire Thir.st team was huddled in a karaoke room celebrating our In-Dependence Day, throats going hoarse as we screamed into the mics: I tried so...