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Are you a fear superspreader?

I wonder if you do something like this or can relate: Breaking news comes in about the coronavirus, e.g. a new variant was detected at a mall you and your family had just visited a week ago. You rush...

Culture

Taking sides: The Christian and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel. Palestinians carry out protests near the border which turn violent. Soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shoot and arrest a number of...

Culture

Race and the Church: Reflections from an Indian pastor

“I don’t think our church is ready for an Indian senior pastor.” That was an unsolicited comment made to me one Sunday in church. I assumed that the person who was addressing me was thinking of...

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...

Culture

That’s what B.R.O.T.H.E.R.S. are for

It is tragic and heartbreaking to see the rise in incidences of sexual impropriety and immorality today, ranging from voyeurism, sexting, sexual grooming, power abuses for sexual favours,...

Culture

Justice begins on our knees

It does not take very long for one to find many forms of injustices all across the world. A simple read of the news today reminds us of the brokenness of this world and of man. This brokenness has...

Culture

How not to fall: In the fight against sexual temptation, defence is not enough

The news of Christian leaders’ moral failures, particularly in the area of sexual misconduct, is always a wake-up call for me. As a pastor, it’s a sober reminder to pursue purity and holiness...

Culture

Obsessed with beauty from childhood, I finally found my identity in something better

Last year in September, fashion merchandiser turned full-time ministry worker Josephine Lam shared her wonderful life story at the Not Gonna Lie online conference organised by Singapore Youth for...

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When two sides hold different views, is loving conversation still possible?

By now I’m sure most of us have heard about a particular piece of news that’s gone viral relating to a transgender youth’s troubles.  It details a Redditor’s account of being...