Culture

Can a politician be religious? Tan Chuan-Jin on living out his faith in the public eye

If you’ve seen his posts on social media, then you’ll know that few in the political realm are as open about faith as Speaker of Parliament* Tan Chuan-Jin. In an Instagram live broadcast...

Culture

Whose lives matter?

“Where we lived, religion was served deep-fried and hard-boiled,” said Max Jeganathan, as he began his sharing with an excerpt from Delia Owens’ New York Times bestseller Where the Crawdads...

Culture

Can you stand by your friends and your convictions too?

I remember the time when my friend, Z, came out to me. He broached the topic very gingerly, almost like tip-toeing around a landmine. After revealing that he was attracted to the same sex, Z studied...

Culture

What it’s like struggling with same-sex attraction as a Christian

“Yes, but how long should we tolerate what they say and do?” At the word, “they”, I felt a huge gulf open between me and the world around me. Everything shrank into “us” and “them,”...

Culture

Caught between the States and Singapore, I finally found my identity in something higher

Ever since I was young, I was super interested in music. I loved to dance and sing, but I was very unlike your typical Singaporean kid. My parents didn’t sign me up for piano lessons, and I...

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Not sure of your purpose in life? Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin shares how things were not always so clear to him

Many years ago, Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin remembered trying to discern God’s will for his life as he contemplated if politics was the right career choice for him.  But as he gazed ahead,...

Culture

What do you do when you can’t travel anywhere?

Our passport – the most useless thing in 2020. You might have scrolled past this post on your feed and thoroughly agreed with a rueful half-laugh. So what if Singaporeans have the most powerful...

Culture

This new VR game lets you play as Jesus Christ

Imagine being among the crowd of people around the pool of Bethesda, hoping to be healed by its waters. A man then approaches you and asks, “Do you want to be made well?” (John 5:6). That...

Culture

The Chosen: #BingeJesus with this TV series that humanises the NT characters

I was first introduced to The Chosen, the first-ever multi-season show about Jesus Christ, at the beginning of the circuit breaker. After procrastinating for a few weeks, I finally downloaded the app...