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Every night for the past few months, I’ve allowed sadness to snuggleĀ up into bed with me. It’s the first thing I seeĀ when I wake up. It feels like I can’t escape it. Sometimes...
I recently wrote an essay regarding this question for a final examination in school. Who am I?Ā I am female, Chinese and Singaporean. Beyond the boxes I tick on registration forms, I have many other...
When I was young, I remember always having to askĀ my parents for permission to doĀ anything at all. Can IĀ go out with my friends? Can IĀ attend this or that schoolĀ programme? Somehow thisĀ habit...
TheĀ church service is underway. Congregation’s waiting. The pastor calls out a bunch of names including yours. You stand up and step forward. Questions are asked. Water is poured outā¦ Or...
Christianity is sometimes described as a metaphorical lens. C S Lewis wrote: “I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it, I see...
Joy?Ā What joy? Minds overwhelmed, we rage, avenge and despair. Our fathers turned to booze. These days it’s mantras, happiness summits, self-improvement gurus, personality tests and...
A current trend in Christian circles is to put popular worship songs under the “theological microscope” and come up with a list of songsĀ to cull from services. Most of these...
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white,Ā seated where Jesusā body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot....
Weāre living in the worst of times, and also the best of times. The question has been asked many a time: “Why is there evil in the world?” Ever since the day man rebelled against God,...