Worldview

Worldview

In this culture war, we all need to calm down

This year’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) concluded earlier this morning and the biggest prize of the night โ€“ Video of the Year โ€“ went to Taylor Swift for her Pride-themed video “You...

Dating

Falling in love with someone who struggled with SSA

I must confess that I grew up with a kind of grid for envisioning how my life and relationships would look like. At every stage, I thought I knew what I wanted and looked for in a man and in romance....

Worldview

What art taught me about all my mistakes in life

I have a love-hate relationship with art. You see, I flunked art almost every semester in primary and secondary school, and yet I became a film major in my polytechnic days. In essence, I spent three...

Worldview

What does it mean to love my country?

National Day is a good time to remember God’s goodness, whose hand has enabled Singapore to prosper. We’re the envy of many cities and nations. This time of reflection is especially...

Worldview

THIR.ST TALKS: What makes us uniquely Singaporean?

What do SGAG, Our Grandfather Storyย (OGS) and ieatishootipost have in common? They champion narratives that are uniquely Singaporean! From local humour to local stories and even local food, they are...

Worldview

A new “merdeka”: True freedom is found in dependence

I recently discovered that I am a product of the Merdeka Generation. When Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965 and gained full independence as a nation โ€“ what they called merdeka, or freedom...

Worldview

Look no further, our mission first lies in this nation

This question came to mind one ordinary morning: If Jesus was birthed into the world He saved, why do we always hope to be supernaturally parachuted into our mission? I had been feeling dissatisfied...

Church Life

Working out our faith in a culturally diverse society

I wanted the ground to open up right there and then and swallow me forever. We were in the house of a Chinese member of our church who had just been diagnosed with a serious form of cancer. We came...

Worldview

“Science cannot answer why we would be important to God,” says Philip Yancey

Wouldn’t it be great if Jesus hung around to answer our questions? What is God up to?ย  What is the point of this planet and where is it headed? These questions were explored during a talk by...