Faith

Why is it so hard to have Quiet Time?

Imagine you are doing poorly at a subject in school (Maybe some of you don’t have to work too hard to imagine this.) Maybe you keep failing your exams. You may even be thinking of quitting...

Faith

How to create a safer church community for people with same-sex attraction

I’ve been a Christian for 24 years – and lived with same-sex desires for nearly 20 of them. A few years ago, the Lord convicted my heart that it was not part of His will for me to act on...

Faith

Now is the time to unite

On August 9, Singapore celebrated her 52nd birthday, and what a bash it was, with the Marina Bay skyline serving as a backdrop. As always, my family sat glued, watching the National Day Parade live...

Faith

Here I am, send … him

 “But Moses said, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send somebody else’.” (Exodus 4:13) Early last year I was jogging along my usual route, to the bridge by the river....

Faith

Time to shine

“Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like...

Faith

I’m not ready to meet you, God

“If the plane crashes, then we’ll just go to heaven earlier!” We were about to board a plane to Sydney when my friend said it. We’d been talking about MH370 and other recent aviation...

Work

Do you face each new season in life with anticipation or anxiety?

What would it be like if our world was always day, with no night? I asked myself this question while on a plane from San Francisco to Singapore – a 16-hour flight, with nearly all of it in...

Culture

We need to rethink how we talk about sex

What if I told you that you would have to wait longer than any other generation to get married? That’s not the only news. What if I said your generation would need to wait longer than any other...

Faith

Why I’m (still) a Christian

My first exposure to Christianity was when I attended Sunday School, age 4. I said the sinner’s prayer at age 7 after learning that people who did not follow Jesus would be thrown into hell....