Culture

What if Christianity was a lie?

Many years back, a friend told me casually, “God lives by faith.” At the time, I thought that made sense. I thought it was rather clever. It did have a ring of truth to it. And it seemed...

Faith

So the train broke down

A couple of months back, I was almost late for a performance. Not because I had mistimed my schedule, but because of a signal fault between the Bayfront and Promenade stations. Panicked, I had to run...

Faith

Why is it so hard to evangelise to my friends?

After a few years of attending campus ministry at my university, I became increasingly gripped by the Gospel, and evangelising to my friends quickly took a front seat in life. I started spending time...

Faith

What my wound taught me about sin

Last year, I noticed a little pimple-like bump on my leg. Thinking little of it, I slathered some pimple cream on and hoped it would heal. Unfortunately, last year was also a highly stressful one as...

Mental Health

At the end of myself

I gazed nervously around the room. I’d been trapped here for long enough with only the voices for company. Some mine, others … dark whispers. Talent is wasted on you. So what if you’re a...

Mental Health

My messed-up life … now a message of life

I have always been a sensitive girl. Even in primary school, the smallest actions and words of my friends would deeply affect me. So I pushed them away before they could push me away. I often needed...

Faith

When churches unite: Got hope?

You might have heard these three words floating around Christian circles: “Celebration of Hope”. Maybe even recall briefly what it is: A big event next year. The Celebration of Hope is a...

Faith

I don’t even know anymore. Now what?

Once in a while, we reach a place where we don’t know what else to do. That was the place where Executive Pastor Aries Zulkarnain’s (City Harvest) sermon began. “When you reach the place of...

Faith

Tokens and relics: Lessons from my pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Spending my first few days around the Old City of Jerusalem while on exchange felt absolutely surreal. The very earth I walked on seemed to pulse with history, and the stones walls of a great many...