Worldview

Culture

Why was I made a woman?

When I was younger, the only thing I wanted was to be male. I think this impulseĀ beganĀ when I was about 5. I frequently cried in frustration at how differently ā€“ biased, I felt ā€“ my parents...

Faith

Iā€™m a woman and I struggle with pornography and masturbation

No, you didnā€™t read the title wrongly. Ā Girls are not immediately associated with suchĀ sexual sin, but being female does not make us immune to these things. Iā€™m a woman, and I have struggled...

Culture

Ah ma and the afterlife: My seventh-month thoughts

ā€œCannot swim today, itā€™s too late already, later the zhui gwee (‘water ghost’ in Hokkien) catch you ah.ā€ It was that time of the year again ā€“ the seventh month (äøƒęœˆ) in the...

Culture

In Singapore, we must choose life

ā€œFather, can You take this burden away from me?ā€ With my hands clasped tightly and my head bowed down, tears fell in fat drops onto my hand while my mind struggled to understand what was...

Faith

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

I’veĀ been a Christian for 24 years ā€“ andĀ lived with same-sex desiresĀ 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...

Culture

How to waste your life

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

Faith

Iā€™m not ready to meet you, God

ā€œIf the plane crashes, then weā€™ll just go to heaven earlier!ā€ We were about to board a plane to Sydney when myĀ 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? Thatā€™s not the only news. What if I said your generation would need to wait longer than any other...

Worldview

Do worldly successes define you?

How would you feel if you were one ā€” or all ā€” of the following: AĀ medical student, Employee of the Year, and/or a millionaire? Would being any of these things change the way you feel about...