Worldview

Halloween: A trick or a treat?

Pumpkins. Vampires costumes. Chocolates and candies. Halloween Horror Nights. What comes to your mind when you think about Halloween? Many younger believers today see Halloween as a harmless...

Surveys & Reports

FOPx Research 2023: Joy Lee and Isaac Ong on the heart behind the study and the hope ahead

It’s been a few days since the FOPx Research 2023 study was released, and after our first article that dissected the insights we thought we’d switch gears and talk to some of the friends...

Music

“When we have Him, we have everything we need”: Awaken Generation’s Ian Chew on true provision

Ravens was written in the most unassuming and unexpected way. One Saturday morning in 2020, I was conducting a songwriting workshop for my church . We were learning about the basic building blocks of...

Mental Health

Growing up as the “fat kid”: Undoing a decade of disordered eating

Growing up, I was always the “big kid”. King Kong, my mother would affectionately call me (which really, just meant “fat”). When I was in kindergarten, I was a head taller...

News

War in Gaza: Let’s unite in prayer, love and compassion

UPDATE: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore has issued a travel advisory to Singaporeans to avoid all non-essential travel to Israel in view of the ongoing conflict. Singaporeans travelling to...

Worldview

What does the Bible say about tattoos?

The Bible only ever explicitly mentions tattoos in Leviticus 19:28: โ€œDo not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.โ€ย  It’s right there in the...

Culture

“What if my birthday isn’t happy?”: Unpacking the phenomenon of Birthday Blues

Have you ever felt unexplained moodiness and sadness every time your birthday approaches? Every year when my birthday rolls around, I find myself feeling extremely blue. And I canโ€™t remember...

Personalities

“Achievement is excellence”: The lie that many athletes believe

One of the most dangerous lies which athletes believe is that achievement is excellence. I personally believed this lie for years. What is winning or losing? TeamSG’s Angelica See on missing...

Music

Josh Yeoh: On life, worship and the key to songwriting

1. What have you been up to this year (or recently)? The biggest thing so far has been the live recording for “Maranatha” at the end of April. Right after that, we went into the Isaiah 62...