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The most significant games we played in 2021

2021 was a big year for video games. As the resident gamers in the Thirst team, your boys Gabriel and Lang thought we’d share what the standout games of the year were to us in line with The Game...

Surveys & Reports

2021’s Verse of the Year and the fastest-growing search term… sorcery?!

The world’s most popular Bible app, YouVersion, has just released its Verse of the Year for 2021. This year, the verse that users most engaged with in terms of shares, bookmarks and highlights on...

Tech

“Put my verse into the meta”: This Christian artist is using NFTs to spread the gospel

What do virtual worlds, astronaut sheep and tulips have in common? Give up?  The metaverse. Some of you might be thinking right now: “meta-what?”. And some of you might be thinking: “Oh, that...

Outreach

星望时代 Shin SG rolls out digital content for Chinese churches

I remember the first time I shared about Jesus in Mandarin. I was around 14 then and new to the faith. I had heard of how wonderful Heaven would be – a huge city of pure gold where there will be no...

Tech

Cyberbullying: When does it cross the line?

I recently heard some alarming statistics. Did you know that a recent study found that half of teenagers in Singapore experience cyberbullying? This figure (52%) came from a global survey that...

Tech

Exploring the new frontier: How we started going on digital mission trips

It was February 2020 and Joeyee* had her luggage packed, ready to spend the next one-and-a-half years in Thailand doing mission work.   Her flight ticket was bought and she had said her goodbyes to...

COVID-19

New round of restrictions? Bring it on!

When the Singapore government recently announced a raft of new restrictions dubbed the “Stabilisation Phase” in response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, you could almost hear the audible...

Tech

#HACK2021: From disruption to digital missions

“The world may be in lockdown, but the Gospel is not.”  That was our pitch for #HACK2020, but it still holds true today. The missional objective of the Church to make disciples of all nations...

Tech

SOS Symposium: 3 things I learnt about creating safe spaces online

I attended a panel at last week’s Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) Symposium 2021 that centred on safety in digital media, especially when it comes to mental health and suicide risk among users....