Faith

The fall from grace, and the long road home

There was a time in my faith where I became disillusioned and disappointed with the culture of my church. Going to service, I would wonder: “Why are they spending so much money on revamping the...

Real Life, Real People

“I will take this secret to my grave”

Are you hoping you can take some of your secrets to the grave with you? I have stuff from my childhood that I wanted to carry to my grave. I wonder how many other weary souls are now going through...

Faith

When it’s okay to say "No"

Earlier this year, my schedule looked like this: Work, weekly curriculum planning for English enrichment, monthly volunteer reading to two pre-schoolers. In church, I have served as an usher for the...

Faith

How to get comfortable in the waiting room

If you are currently trudging through a probably-quite-agonising period of waiting for something, here are a couple of thoughts I had recently that I hope will be of some help. 1. Waiting is about...

Faith

Not my master, but my Husband

“And it shall be, in that day,” Says the Lord, “That you will call Me ‘My Husband,’ And no longer call Me ‘My Master’.” (Hosea 2:16) “The LORD is my Husband” is not the most...

Faith

From whom all blessings flow

Have you ever stopped to think about what it means to be #blessed? The word we so often use (and misuse) – do we know what it really means? We often equate a good state of wellbeing to being...

Faith

What I learnt from my first mission trip

I recall having “Missions Month” in Sunday School as a child. Each week’s Sunday School lesson included a brief exposure to a different culture, followed by the constraints the people...

Culture

In Singapore, we must choose life

“Father, can You take this burden away from me?” With my hands clasped tightly and my head bowed down, tears fell in fat drops onto my hand while my mind struggled to understand what was...

Relationships

Living in the tension

Tension. Some of us face it almost every day. Maybe at work. Maybe in our relationships. Or maybe, for you it’s a deep internal struggle. I face this tension when I find myself pulled in...