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COVID-19

Jiayou Wuhan! 7 reasons to cheer in this time of crisis

Feeling the weight of the coronavirus outbreak? Now declared a global emergency, the disease has triggered anxiety among the public, the pressure growing heavier with every report of a newly...

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Kobe’s gone, but his Mamba Mentality lives on

Even until now, I still can’t connect the word “death” with Kobe Bryant’s name. When I first read about Kobe’s helicopter accident at 4.30am on Monday, I refused to believe it....

COVID-19

Worried about the novel coronavirus? Why not pray

“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’ “Surely he...

Personalities

Kanye West tells 12,000 students: “He saved a wretch like me”

“This is a mission, not a show,” Kanye West said to a crowd of 12,400 students at the recent Strength to Stand Conference held in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, US.  “We don’t pull...

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Australia burns: Why is heaven silent while our earth is scorched?

Australia is burning. An unprecedented season of bushfires has laid waste to over 6 million hectares, wiping out half a billion animals and livestock, and devastating native ecosystems and farmlands...

Faith

The stories you loved most this year

Together as an online community, we had honest conversations on relationships, addiction, sickness and loss in 2019. We said farewell to brothers of the faith, talked about church life, shared our...

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The hug that shocked a nation: How do you forgive the person who killed your brother?

“Did anyone see this?” My colleague held up her phone wondering if any of us had read about Brandt Jean’s forgiveness of ex-police officer Amber Guyger – she had wrongly shot and murdered...

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City Harvest’s Pastor Kong Hee released from jail

He’s free. City Harvest Church’s founding pastor Kong Hee was released this morning after being in jail for 2 years and 4 months. He turns 55 tomorrow.   As quickly as the media mob...

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Hong Kong protests: When the streets I knew turned into turmoil

A couple Sundays ago, my husband, son, and I found ourselves in the vicinity of a protest march. It was in the neighbourhood I had grown up in, and I was amused watching crowds of people dressed in...