Culture

The Christian stereotype: Why you should also love those who arenā€™t like you

What comes to your mind when I say the word, ā€œChristianā€? Of all the images you might see, I donā€™t think itā€™s a poor beggar or a crude gangster covered in tattoos. For me, I...

Health

I was in primary three when cancer struck

My name is Fidelia. Iā€™m 25 ā€“ and Iā€™m a cancer survivor. I was an ordinary child growing up as a third-generation Christian. Grandma would bring me to Sunday School, which was where I...

Faith

4 ways you might be reading the Bible wrongly

One big reason why people donā€™t really read their Bibles, is because they donā€™t understand whatā€™s going on. So we tend to give up, and swap genuine revelation for easier things like...

Faith

Jesus knows we will fail

ā€œFor your grace is sufficient for me, and your power made perfect in my weakness.ā€ (2 Corinthians 12:9) As I was writing my version of Peterā€™s betrayal and reinstatement, God brought my...

Faith

Two steps to get over feeling inadequate

My academic life can be summed up in 2 words: ā€œOver-expectationā€ and ā€œunderachievement.ā€ I always aimed high only to get a result that was average. This pattern created a lot...

Culture

"There is none good": ANNETTEā€™s hymn on hypocrisy

Growing up in Church, I realised that the older you get, the easier it becomes to leave than to stay. Think of the Church scandals you see flooding the global media ā€“ like prominent Christian...

Faith

To my left, hope

Iā€™ve seen a lot of things in this life. Things the man on the street would have only heard of or read about. Bad things. But in all my years, Iā€™m still convinced nobody just wakes up and decides...

Faith

Good good Father, really?

Recently, we sang Good Good Father in service. Itā€™s a nice worship song with a chorus that goes: ā€ You are perfect in all of Your ways.ā€ You are perfect in all of Your ways. I found myself...

Faith

How I first heard God

I didnā€™t really know Jesus. To me, He was a genie in the sky that would reward me for doing good things. But I grew up in a Christian home. I attended Sunday School faithfully and knew all the...