Do Good

Money Matters

How can I be generous when I don’t have a lot?

Recently, when I was chatting with a friend over dinner, he asked, โ€œWhat do you do when you donโ€™t have enough for the month?โ€ I shrugged, and almost instantly said, โ€œI donโ€™t know. I guess...

National Service

What I learnt as a frontliner in the Singapore Civil Defence Force

If you asked me what I’d be doing with my life in my 20s, I had never imagined myself ever saying: “I want to protect and save lives as a frontliner.” Yet, I found that this is...

Faith

Have these 3 things in your life, and your faith won’t lose momentum

Over the National Day season, many of our churches had block pastoring or community weekends, where we spent time serving and connecting with our neighbours. On August 8 and 9, we even gathered for...

Missions

The would-be MOE principal who started a school in Timor-Leste

As LoveTimor marks 20 years of ministry this year, we’re shining a light on Singaporean missionaries who are shining God’s light in the land of Timor-Leste. DAVID CHAN (49), founder and...

Real Life, Real People

Labelled “hopeless” and “incorrigible”, these young men broke free from crime and drugs

Organised by local halfway house The New Charis Mission (TNCM), the Unlabelled Run is an annual 5km fun run and 10km competitive run that advocates for the removal of prejudicial labels in our...

Sermons

Isaac Ong: You are not the main event

I’m a full believer in change. I’m a full believer in going to the nations and doing all the things that God has called us to. I believe that God doesn’t just want to do things...

Finding Purpose

When loved ones say no, hold on to faith

A few times we almost argued. Once, I think, we did. But he remained stoic mostly, an unimpressionable picture of wisdom. I adored his principled ways, his indifference to grand reasoning. God, if my...

Missions

“Tell me more about this Jesus of yours”: Miracles on a mission trip to Cambodia

An entire class of first graders shooting their hands up for the salvation call โ€“ that was one of many miracles we recalled in our nightly debriefs. Jamie* and I were a few months shy of 19, at the...

Missions

Joseph Chean, passionate advocate for missions, called home to be with the Lord

Joseph Chean โ€“ known for his lifelong passion for missions โ€“ has passed away, aged 56, following a road accident in Istanbul on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. He went the way he lived his life,...