Do Good

Faith

What’s the point of life? Everything is meaningless

Here’s an honest thought: There are times I wish I was dead.Ā  Iā€™m not suicidal ā€“ I donā€™tĀ want to kill myself ā€“ but Iā€™m not averse to the idea of death: Wouldnā€™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

ā€œIf 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 ā€“ a compulsory module that required us to learn how to code on Microsoft Excel. Possibly the only reason I passed...

Faith

A dream of justice for the disabled

The greatest challenge I find in trying to do good is a lack of empathy. The truth is I am a product of circumstances. I have my biases, blind spots and paradigms. These sometimes hinder me from...

Faith

Should I be giving to every peddler I see?

Most of us are used to being approached by old, hunchbacked elderly selling tissue packets, but I was once approached by a young man who asked for some money for lunch. Although IĀ typically walk...

Faith

Do good, for God’s sake

Iā€™ve made it a point in my life to always choose to be passionate enough to act.Ā On injustice. On tragedy. On inequality. On anything that stirs my spirit, stabs at my soul, screams for action....

Faith

Looking beyond appearances

But the LORD said to Samuel, ā€œDo not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but...

Faith

‘We want to be their family while they’re in Singapore’: Migrant Worker Ministry

TheĀ Migrant Worker Ministry in Hope Church Singapore was started in 2014, by a few church members who felt the need toĀ advanceĀ the Gospel to migrant workers from China who are based in Singapore....

Faith

Chicken soup for the Cineleisure Auntie

ā€œHave you bought anything from her before?ā€ ā€œNo …ā€ I still wish I could change my answer. I wish I had bought something from her. My friend was referring to the “Cineleisure...