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Faith

Not just a passer-by: Taking time for tissue paper sellers

Having walked the same route from the MRT station to the bus interchange countless times, I knew the drill: Avoid colliding into others, stay glued to my smartphone, flash a polite but firm smile to...

Faith

Running for HOME: The race for social justice for domestic workers

It all started after graduation this year, when my good friend Isabel and I decided to courageously fly ourselves to Tiruchirappalli, India, to visit our migrant worker friends back in their own...

Faith

FOPx: Surrender ushers in the supernatural, Ben Fitzgerald urges youth

“When God tells you to do something, He’s not asking you to figure out how to do it. It’s up to you to obey. It’s up to God to do it.” Ben Fitzgerald, leader of Awakening Europe and GODfest...

Faith

The real island life: A peek into the people and past-times of Pulau Fordata, Indonesia

In July this year, I travelled to Pulau Fordata, located in Tanimbar Islands of Maluku province, Indonesia. A Bible Dedication Ceremony took place in one of its villages, Romean, to celebrate the...

Faith

How to cling to love in a world of hate

In this world, evil seems to be gaining ground, but something greater is also awakening in the collective human conscience. We read about terror, but we also read about kindness. There are those...

Relationships

The men who build our country: Loving our migrant workers

“Uhm, hello – my name’s Eudora! What’s yours?” It was a Sunday in June when I found myself greeting a young man leaning against a wall in the mid-afternoon heat. As part of my youth...

Faith

What’s the point of life? Everything is meaningless

Here’s an honest thought: There are times I wish I was dead.  I’m not suicidal – I don’t want to kill myself – but I’m not averse to the idea of death: Wouldn’t it be nice to one...

Work

From medicine to missions: I left the hospital for the field beyond

Previously a doctor in a private hospital, Josiah recently left the marketplace to serve as a ministry apprentice in his church. While his main focus is the missions portfolio, he also handles the...

Faith

“If you have a smartphone in your hand, you are part of the mission”

I never paid much attention in the only computing class I took back in university – a compulsory module that required us to learn how to code on Microsoft Excel. Possibly the only reason I passed...