Money Matters

It’s angpow time! What kind of giver are you?

恭喜发财,红包拿来! During the festive periods – Chinese New Year, Christmas – giving happens. A lot. We change hundreds of dollars to stuff into red packets, we take part in Secret...

Worldview

Celebrating CNY with a clear conscience

Chinese New Year is round the corner, which means three things: Food, visits, and a whole long list of do’s and don’ts. You know the drill. No sweeping floors on the first day. Wear...

Worldview

To my fellow Christian extroverts: The struggle is real, I know

Is it just me, or does everyone want to be an introvert nowadays? Even the introverts have noticed. Like cats and other cute animals, the Internet loves them. A quick Google unearths some real-life...

Worldview

Stewardship of the environment: My worship

The first time I saw a humpback whale breach, tears flowed uncontrollably. It too, seemed to worship its Creator. It is not alone. “Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad, let the...

Worldview

To my fellow Christian introverts: The struggle is real, I know

After reading this piece, an extrovert had something to add, as always. Read To my fellow Christian extroverts: The struggle is real, I know. We’re made introverted for a reason. It’s not...

Worldview

Let’s talk about sex: When is safe sex really safe?

It depends. What do you hope to achieve? What’s the end-goal? If your point of view is that teenagers will be teenagers, with hormones oozing out of every pore and their brains barely contained...

Worldview

How, then, shall we Instagram?

We were sitting in a crowded café in downtown Seoul. It was our last day in Korea. The weather was great. There were still places in our itinerary that we hadn’t visited. Yet we just sat in the...

Surveys & Reports

We’ve achieved greatness – now to aim for goodness

We’re the best! After putting more than half a million 15-year-olds across 72 countries through a bunch of tests – as if they didn’t have enough to sit through, the poor things –...

Church Life

Serving in the spotlight: The youth worship leader

BRIAN NG is a worship leader in Hope Singapore who also leads the Junior College students in Ablaze, the church’s youth congregation. He is also a TCP Productions artiste and has appeared in...