Discipleship

3 things travelling the world taught me

Given that we’re now two years into the coronavirus, many of us may be wildly anticipating our next travel destination. After all, travelling out of Singapore is no longer a pipe dream since...

Finding Purpose

“Our past will never be wasted”: What God can do with your willingness

He was 27 when he first joined the Operation Mobilisation (OM) ship Doulos to set sail to the Philippines. Known as the largest floating library in the world at that time, the ship ended up being the...

Faith

What were the best stories in 2021? Here’s 1 list to rule them all

The stories at Thir.st go by so fast — there’s an article or video every single day — that it’s often hard to take it all in.  Which is why I’m glad we’re at the end of...

Movies & TV

The Matrix Resurrections: What happens when we reduce our choices in life into binaries?

Right/Wrong Life/Death Employed/Unemployed Male/Female Yin/Yang Heaven/Hell We live in a world of binaries.  Many of our choices in life can be reduced to binaries. To study, or not to study today....

Real Life, Real People

Growing up through domestic abuse, neglect and the trauma of suicide… This is how I got my fresh start

Trigger warning: This article contains mention of self-harm and suicide. Sitting across from her, it was hard to imagine that she had lived through a nightmarish childhood. After all, this...

Faith

5 “insignificant” Bible characters who taught us invaluable lessons

“What have I accomplished this year?”  This is a question many of us would have asked ourselves before. For some years, we had a full list of answers, but for others, we had no answer at all. ...

Do Good

An urgent appeal to help homeless families this Christmas

With less than a week to go before Christmas, many of us might be busy sorting out party plans. But for some families in Singapore, there are anxieties over basic needs, such as where they can find a...

Apologetics

The Multiverse: An in-depth look into pop culture’s latest fixation

Friendly neighbourhood warning: Minor spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home ahead! Once upon a time, finding out that your favourite movie superheroes existed in the same “universe” was...

Do Good

Meet Reverend Samuel Gift Stephen, host and “brother” to thousands of guest workers

“I hated guest workers. Whenever I saw them, I would get very angry. “Sometimes I would sit at a coffee shop opposite Yishun MRT and whenever the guest workers walked past to go to church, I...