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The following is an excerpt from the book “Clean Hands, Pure Hearts and Beautiful Feet”, featuring Dr Tan Lai Yong. “Once, Lai Yong joined a medical team on a visit to a lepers...
It was Valentineās Day. I could have gone on a date with my husband. But I had looked forward to meeting Miss L. She was a freelance sex worker from East Asia, pacing the streets of Geylangās...
āDonāt come in first, itās a mess!ā yells Chu Yin,Ā as she rushes into her little studio to clean up. A Bangladeshi man follows her in. Wordlessly, he picks up a broom and begins to sweep the...
A recent study by the Institute of Policy StudiesĀ revealed a new “social class divide” in Singapore: Those from different housing backgrounds (private housing vs HDB flats) and education...
As I spoke to friends about helping cell group leaders as they lead and serve in church, a friend reminded me that everyone in church has struggles and needs ā not just those who lead or serve in...
āThere will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.ā (Deuteronomy 15:10-11) The first...
I’ve just returned from a week-long mission trip, where I saw the perseverance of 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 in the local church there. “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed;...
There was once I was catching up with a couple of friends in Jakarta when we ended up talking about the state of poverty in Southeast Asia and the possible issues we noticed. Impassioned by the...
In a study now known as “The Gratitude Disposition“, three psychologists divided their participants into three groups with specific tasks: one group was to recordĀ only the positive...