How-tos & Handles

5 survival tips to endure to the end (or just one more day)

Into the first week of working from home full-time and nurturing my body back to better health before I go back to the doctor for my recently diagnosed condition in two months’ time, I found myself...

Faith

The Praise Revival: An online space for worshippers by worshippers

It was during the circuit breaker last year when Teo Teck Kuan first viewed The Blessing Singapore music video, where 177 local churches and movements came together to sing “The...

Health

“I don’t see this as a setback”: Grace Assembly’s Senior Pastor Wilson Teo on the church’s new COVID-19 case

When Grace Assembly of God‘s Senior Pastor Wilson Teo received the news that a pastor from his church had tested positive for COVID-19, the first thing that came to mind was: “Oh no! Why are...

Faith

4 ways Singaporeans are doing good while staying home (and how you can too!)

Five steps forward, ten steps back, it seems. While we’re in Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) and not a full-blown circuit breaker, it’s enough for most of our daily routines to be interrupted...

Faith

The power of God and community during a quarantine

I was making my way out of school when I received a video message from my cell group leader. She briefly explained that one of our cell group members had contracted the resurgent COVID-19 virus....

Faith

#THIRSTBITES: Mentorship: Who are you walking with?

Many of us like to receive encouragement. We say, “Feed me, feed me, feed me!” But not many of us like to receive feedback — including me. The reason why we don’t like receiving...

Faith

A small act of kindness, a world of difference: 22-year-old Emily Yap on why she volunteers

Not every 22-year-old gets to collaborate with the National Youth Council (NYC) and Temasek Trust in volunteering work. Fewer still, get featured on The Straits Times and receive a commendation by...

Faith

Look how these Catholic High School boys are supporting one another in quarantine

It’s always a little more painful when we learn that a young child has contracted an illness as deadly as COVID-19.  For instance, news came in just last night (May 21) that there were 30 new...

Culture

15 ways you can pray for the Israel-Palestine crisis

Wondering what’s the latest on the Gaza conflict? As of yesterday (May 21), a ceasefire finally came into effect after 11 days of rockets and airstrikes that have claimed the lives of...