Mental Health

A letter to the hurting

Dear Hurting One, I thought of you today when I read these lines. “Kneeling, I’d picked up one of the shards, dragged its sharp edge across my skin, relieved by the red line slowly seeping up,...

Finding Purpose

Do open doors always reflect God’s will for us?

When I was 21, God called me into full-time ministry. I obeyed, turning down a scholarship to study accountancy in the UK, and took on the job of a youth pastor and chaplain. I enjoyed my job very...

Easter

Resurrection Sunday: Brokenness is not the end of the story

Joy does not come with the morning, I thought to myself on one of the many mornings my body had failed to stay asleep. Sleep would suddenly leave me in the early hours of the day, when it was still...

Apologetics

Passion Week: Tell me, why did Jesus have to die?

“We have a hope, a dream and a target for the kind of person we would like to be – the kind of husband, wife, mother, brother or sister that we would like to be. But we just miss the mark.”...

Easter

If Good Friday was a movie, then Jesus Christ would be its protagonist

Having seen dozens of reruns, almost everyone would know the hero’s story by now. The Son of God came to a fallen world in the form of a man. Born of virgin birth, He ministered and then died...

Apologetics

How do we know the resurrection really happened?

Jesus disciples’ claimed that he rose from the dead and appeared to them. The evidence we have for this is overwhelming. First, we’ve got Paul who claimed to be an eyewitness to the risen...

Easter

Passion Week: It’s more than just bread and wine

It’s the part of the worship service that excites the kids. As the trays of Ribena and wafer get passed around, their eyes light up and their little hands eagerly await their share. In my church,...

News

Notre-Dame fire: Losing a beautiful treasure

I was surfing the web when I came across the sad news. On the evening of 15 April 2019, the Notre-Dame tragically caught fire. The raging fire destroyed the spire and oakwood roof of the 856-year-old...

Easter

Passion Week: How much are you willing to spend on Jesus?

She held a treasured alabaster jar of perfume in her hands, broke its neck, and lavished it on Jesus, just days before He was put to death. Finally broken, the overwhelming fragrance of a pint of...