Discipleship

Discipleship

What I got wrong about grace

Some time in my early 20s, I sat across the table from my mentor and pleaded with her to explain how grace worked. Life wasn’t quite going the way I wanted and I’d subconsciously been trying to...

Discipleship

Is your faith bogged down by FOMO?

If you’re a cradle Christian like me, you would relate when I say that FOMO is not a foreign feeling. As children, we were told to stay away from Pokémon, Digimon and Harry Potter while our...

Discipleship

Jesus, my champion and basketball MVP

I remember when James Harden was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of 2018. Being clueless about NBA, I was pretty nonchalant about the news while my friends were excitedly talking about it in...

Discipleship

Are you a safe and tame Christian?

Andy Byrd, pioneer of the Circuit Riders movement, once shared: “I am completely convinced that we have propped up a weak version of Jesus today and it must be destroyed. We have to deal with...

Discipleship

Look up: Don’t miss the beauty in the darkness

My legs had never felt so sore. It was the first night of the Hillsong Worship & Creative Conference and I was headed back to my accommodation.  When I was planning the trip, the 15-minute walk...

Finding Purpose

What’s the point of my dreams in life?

What are some dreams you have for your life? I had many dreams throughout my childhood and my teenage years. At first, I wanted to be an animator so I started drawing – I even went for a class!...

Discipleship

Is a crisis really necessary for us to remember God?

“How then did you, as a second-generation Christian, find yourself interning here?” I was momentarily speechless at this question from my Visual Editor. Not because I didn’t have an...

Discipleship

How can I serve with the right heart?

At one point in time, I was serving in seven ministries and had five church meetings over a single weekend. I’m not trying to tell you how holy I was. In fact, I’m telling you how foolish I was....

Devotionals

Find it hard to pray?

When I was in Secondary Two, a friend said to me, “God has never answered my prayers. So I don’t believe in praying.” That was how Bobby Chaw, executive pastor of City Harvest Church, began his...