Culture

I’m a Singaporean who studied in Charlottesville – and I cannot stay silent

I’m an alumnus of the University of Virginia (UVA), located in the impossibly beautiful town of Charlottesville. On Friday, August 11, white supremacists marched onto our Lawn, protesting in...

Faith

How to create a safer church community for people with same-sex attraction

I’ve been a Christian for 24 years – and lived with same-sex desires for nearly 20 of them. A few years ago, the Lord convicted my heart that it was not part of His will for me to act on...

Faith

Now is the time to unite

On August 9, Singapore celebrated her 52nd birthday, and what a bash it was, with the Marina Bay skyline serving as a backdrop. As always, my family sat glued, watching the National Day Parade live...

Culture

How to waste your life

“I now see that I spent most of my life in doing neither what I ought nor what I liked.” (C S Lewis, The Screwtape Letters) I think I spend most of my days wasting my life away with nothingness...

Faith

I’m not ready to meet you, God

“If the plane crashes, then we’ll just go to heaven earlier!” We were about to board a plane to Sydney when my friend said it. We’d been talking about MH370 and other recent aviation...

Culture

We need to rethink how we talk about sex

What if I told you that you would have to wait longer than any other generation to get married? That’s not the only news. What if I said your generation would need to wait longer than any other...

Culture

I live to fight another day: Reflections on Dunkirk

Sometimes, after a movie, I find myself walking out of the cinema feeling the same way I leave church services on good days. I got this same feeling again when I saw Dunkirk. Nolan’s latest...

Culture

Why I left Instagram

My Christian brethren might give me some side-eye at this confession, but I’ve never fasted. In my church, fasting season every year stretches from July 1 to August 9. That’s 40 days...

Culture

Why Uncle Jeff loves Singapore and you should too

“This year, on Aug 9, I will have celebrated National Day 52 times,” Jeffrey Goh – let’s call him Uncle Jeff – declares, waving his Singapore flag. The National Day tattoos on...