Relationships

I hope you’ll find love

One would assume only singles struggle with the issue of loneliness while married couples live happily ever after. But that’s not true. Loneliness can permeate even in relationships. I remember...

Faith

Don’t wait until the deathbed

I wrote about my grandma’s health scare last year. Although the doctors found nothing wrong with her body, the scare took a toll on her mental health. My grandma became depressed, and her body...

Relationships

Weddings are nice, but it’s the marriage that counts

“…I take you to be my spouse, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do...

Real Life, Real People

In the face of darkness, a defiant song of grace

5 years ago at an Awaken Generation worship night, a couple shared openly what they were praying for: The wife had a tumour in her eye and needed a healing miracle. As they were sharing, God put it...

Work

What are you slaving away for?

Everything you are about to read in this article is extremely counter-cultural – counterintuitive, even. But if you persevere and make it to the end, applying the lessons God reveals, I promise you...

Work

When the dreams in your heart are torn apart

It was my dream to become a doctor for the poor, inspired by a documentary on Operation Smile, a non-profit medical organisation supported by volunteer doctors who provide free surgery for children...

Faith

Is God just an angry old man?

“Why is God so different in the Old Testament (OT) and New Testament (NT)? In the OT, He seems so wrathful. But in the NT, Jesus is so loving and tender … did God change over time? That...

Culture

Remember the real enemy

I saw the Hunger Games movie recently. There’s a scene where Katniss aims her bow at Finnick – certain that she will hit her mark. Everything in her is telling her to let the arrow fly. But...

Relationships

To the children of divorced families: My life is proof there is hope

In 1989, my parents’ tumultuous divorce proceedings began, and so did my fears and insecurities. What was going to happen to our family? What was going to happen to me? The years leading to my...