Health

“I was blind but now I see”: Finding God amid diabetes, blindness and kidney failure

When I was 10, my mother noticed ants crawling around the toilet bowl after I had used it. I had also suddenly become prone to fainting spells, and could not put on weight no matter how much I ate....

COVID-19

Will your love grow cold?

And so, like a glitch weโ€™re all trapped in, Day 1 starts again today. Every time this happens to us, I think about a few things: How this resembles certain aspects of my life, where I canโ€™t seem...

COVID-19

As a pastor in this trying time, I ask for grace

To all who are churchgoers: Be gracious to your pastors. In the span of two weeks I have had to make two major decisions with regards to church direction and I cannot imagine doing so without a...

Mental Health

Dealing with my anxiety about the future

I had two anxiety attacks last month. Although I have a history of mental health struggles, I have recovered considerably and no longer need medication. However, my brain was recently filled with...

Missions

Daryl and Gina: A couple called to two different countries

She spent a year befriending women in the red light district of a Chinese city, hoping to be a bearer of Godโ€™s eternal light; while he served on the fringes of Thailand for four years at a shelter...

Faith

Facing down the doubts of my faith

When I was 16, my classmate who was an atheist shared a post which appeared on my social media feed. The post said that according to the Bible, one was not allowed to eat pork and shellfish...

Discipleship

As a baker, I’ve learnt 3 things about life from making bread

Remember 2020, when all anyone posted on their Instagram stories were photoshoots of their freshly baked loaves? I was one of them who caught the bread baking bug. And with sourdough starters and...

Family

I may not have a perfect mother, but I have a perfect God

A mother’s love is said to be the greatest in the world. Yet I feel like my own experience with my mother fell short of what I was told. Many of my childhood memories, despite the happy ones,...

COVID-19

As cases rise and bad news breaks, how should we pray?

At such times, the tendency is to feel really helpless, because no matter what safety measures are in place, no country โ€“ not even ours โ€“ seems to be able to come to grips with the virus and its...