Worldview

Coming out Christian

I am the worst at confrontation. Donā€™t let the volume of my voice and weight of my words fool you. Itā€™s probably why I enjoy giving speeches rather than engaging in debates. Join the fight? Pick...

News

In a family feud, everyone loses

How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! For there theĀ LordĀ bestows his blessing,Ā even life forevermore. (Psalm 133:1, 3) There is a blessing that is bestowed...

Worldview

Politics and faith: If you’re not on the side of the Right, then what’s Left?

In the light of the “political Left’s” reaction to the Trump administration pulling the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement, American conservative blogger Erick Erickson recently...

News

On June 12, a call for Singapore’s campuses to combine in prayer

I graduated from SMU in 2007 and entered the workforce the following year as an Auditor at Ernst and Young. NineĀ years on, my life has come full-circle. On Monday, June 12, I’m stepping back...

Finding Purpose

Why be like everyone else? Just be you

Let’s say you’ve just entered a room. You don’t know anyone there. So you spend a bit of time observing everyone. How they move. When they speak. Where they stop. Their facial...

Culture

Ever felt like a foreigner in your own country?

I’m sureĀ that many of those who are reading this article now attendĀ Singaporean churches, where everyone speaks Singlish or some variant of Standard Singaporean English. But where I worship,...

Real Life, Real People

Shout His name from the rooftops

ThreeĀ years ago, when my partner Lionel and I first walked onto the rooftop carpark on the 6th floor of People’s Park Complex, it was a complete wasteland.Ā It smelled of death/sex/drugs. It...

Culture

Winning the battle against Murphy’s Law

Have you ever had one of those days where everything that canĀ go wrongĀ goes wrong? You wake up 30 minutes late for work. You’re in panic mode; youā€™re out of the house in record speed. You...

News

Bieber on a Mumbai bus

He is one of the worldā€™s biggest stars, and often in the headlines for the wrong reasons. But while Justin Bieber is often portrayed living life in the lap of luxury, he was photographed recently...