Personalities

Justin Bieber’s GQ Interview: 10 things that blew me away

What if you woke up one day to the realisation that you’ve turned into a person you don’t want to be? Many of us know the story of how Justin Bieber rose to fame as a teenager. First scouted in...

Friendship

3 types of friends we all need

Friends, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory — these are a few of my favourite shows I grew up watching. I remember thinking to myself, how fun and awesome it would be to rent an apartment...

Studies & NS

5 encouraging verses for the weary student

It’s that time of the year again when the school library gets crowded and students are downing caffeine like nobody’s business. How are you feeling about exam week looming ahead? Exams...

Worldview

One Church, many colours: What do we need for true unity?

If you’re part of Singapore’s ethnic majority, like me, then the idea that some of your fellow believers might encounter racial biases in church may be shocking to you. Yet the thing...

Workplace

A look into The Glasshouse: Barista boss Josh Liew’s recipe for success

If you’re a coffee lover, then the name The Glasshouse might not be unfamiliar to you. Having started out in a pop-up cargo container in CHIJMES three years ago, the popular coffee bar has since...

News

Wading in waist-deep muddy water, they sang that God was King over the flood

Easter should have been a happy day in Timor-Leste, whose population is predominantly Catholic. But last Sunday, on April 4, the island-nation was hit by Cyclone Seroja, which triggered a series of...

Culture

Confessions of an Instagram ghost

This year’s Whole Life Inventory, a survey instrument designed for churches to assess and understand the health and needs of their congregation, highlighted that online addictions have grown...

Culture

When temptation comes, do a Joseph!

In church, we almost never talk about the fact that God created us as sexual beings (Genesis 1:27-28 and 2:24-25). We are relational beings just like God – and we relate in many ways, including our...

Culture

Hear Tim Keller out as he airs an unpopular, counter-cultural view of sex

If you follow Tim Keller on Facebook, you’ll know he is wont to share thought-provoking reflections which often range from cryptic to soul-provoking. Last week, a recent one-liner by the...