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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...

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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 I typically walk...

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Do good, for God’s sake

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

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Looking beyond appearances

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do 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...

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

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

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Chicken soup for the Cineleisure Auntie

“Have you bought anything from her before?” “No …” I still wish I could change my answer. I wish I had bought something from her. My friend was referring to the “Cineleisure...

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Why I teach children with special needs

“One man built his house on the sand … It crashed! It crashed!” What followed this bizarre outcry were more words I could not understand, not even as a special needs teacher. My student drew...

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Here I am, send … him

 “But Moses said, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send somebody else’.” (Exodus 4:13) Early last year I was jogging along my usual route, to the bridge by the river....

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What’s killing your kindness?

Ever wondered what motivates you to do good? The key word here is “motivate”. The motivation, the impetus, that adrenaline that keeps you going. The motivation behind human behaviour has...