Discipleship

Culture

Influencer or influenza: What are we spreading online?

Along with the rise of social media platforms – with Facebook hitting almost 2 billion global monthly active users, more than a quarter of the world’s population – many have risen to popularity...

Faith

My ideal picture of life

I’m a dreamer. I have an idealistic version of every possible situation in life. I take joy in imagining the best case scenarios and its fruition. Some ideals are universal: We all want loving...

Faith

Birthday musings of a twenty-something: What is there to celebrate?

“So, how does it feel on your birthday?” I didn’t know how to respond when someone asked me this last week on my birthday. To be honest, I felt older, that’s all. What are birthdays...

Devotionals

‘I never knew you’

“I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.” (Matthew 7:23) These must be some of the most severe words ever uttered by Jesus. How did Christians who addressed Jesus with...

Work

Are you waiting for your big break?

Sometimes, I feel like I’m still waiting for my big break. All my life, I’ve been wondering when my big break would come. For instance, when I did comedy, I waited for some life-changing...

Studies & NS

Is it okay to be competitive?

Competition. The word evokes a whole spectrum of emotions like nervousness, envy and pride. When I think of what competition looks like, sporting events and the honour winners bring to their...

Culture

Thoughts on THAT St Hilda’s video: In an online brawl, are you bully, bystander, or peacemaker?

$%#&@!!! You’ve by now surely seen the video of the fight that broke out in a classroom at St Hilda’s Secondary School. It involved three boys, many punches,...

Faith

I’m a woman and I struggle with pornography and masturbation

No, you didn’t read the title wrongly.  Girls are not immediately associated with such sexual sin, but being female does not make us immune to these things. I’m a woman, and I have struggled...

Culture

Angry about the Presidential Election that never was?

Madam Halimah Yacob, former Speaker of Parliament, is Singapore’s 8th President. She’s no stranger to breaking new ground, entering territories which have been traditionally occupied...