Work

If you died today, what would your life amount to?

“Tony* has passed on peacefully, thank you for your prayers.” Upon receiving the WhatsApp notification of yet another passing this morning, I couldn’t bring myself to send another message of...

Culture

We cannot but speak

In this era of fake news, hate speech, speech-chilling, echo chambers, incitement passing as reportage, name-calling, mud slinging and straw men attacks passing as academic debate, and people...

Faith

The danger of pride

It took quite some time for me to realise how big a problem pride had become in my life. I suppose it started with the little things: Serving actively in Church and elsewhere in a Christian...

Faith

Seeing beyond our suffering

There is suffering in everyone’s story. Talk to anyone, have a coffee with them, listen to them talk about their lives for long enough and you’ll find suffering in their journey. From...

Faith

Help! My best friend wants to be a full-time missionary

Though Annie and I had only met a year ago, we became best friends in no time. Not only were we in the same group of friends in the same CCA – we also attended the same church and cell. We...

Faith

The secret to praying is practice

Overnight prayer came naturally to me even as a new believer. I loved to tuck myself into bed at night and talk to God – the prayer would only be concluded the next morning with an “amen!”...

Faith

Do you want to be extraordinary?

“How many of you believe that God can do extraordinary things?” This was a question that Loren Cunningham, founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), once asked a group of youths. Every...

Faith

Do young people have what it takes to go forth and make disciples?

While “conventional” missions continues to hold a critical place in the Church, the way we talk about missions requires a greater emphasis on inclusivity. To reduce missions to a two-week trip to...

Culture

A culture of blessing

I was scrolling through Facebook recently when I saw a remarkable video. The video was about what it means to honour others. It made me think of our culture, and how we can do a lot more to bless...