Health

As the world battled COVID-19, our baby was fighting for her life

Shortly after Ona was born, she was brought to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) when the doctor detected she had breathing issues. They later discovered that she had a cleft palate. It was...

Faith

How to walk in God’s promises and wait for them

Growing up in the Christian faith, I wouldn’t say I’m unfamiliar with the promises of God. We sing about them, hear them being preached, and even pray about them countless times. To me, the...

Faith

“Living a life that I couldn’t have conjured up on my own”: The story behind Ponder and Bind

I am turning 32 next month, and quite honestly life did not turn out the way I imagined. I do not hold what most call a “proper job”. All the visions I had for my life throughout my teenage and...

Culture

Minari: In the fumbling search for Eden, lessons on family and failure

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND “Never pay for anything you can find for free.” I chuckled at that line when Jacob (played by Steven Yeun) tells that to his son David in one of the early scenes in...

Culture

RZIM Asia-Pacific to conclude all operations under its current name, plans new ministry

The boards of RZIM Singapore and RZIM Hong Kong released a joint statement today (March 22) that they will “explore the possibility of restructuring and launching an apologetics ministry with a...

Faith

“God is always at work”: A missionary in Myanmar sheds light on the deadly crackdown

Sometimes I put off reading the news, for fear of what I might find going on around the world. Take for instance #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar. Isn’t it tiring reading bad news?  On February 1,...

Studies & NS

Wanna be wise? 3 pitfalls to avoid from King Solomon’s life

If you were Solomon, what would you have wished for?  When I was younger, studying Solomon’s famous stories, I often wondered if God would appear to me in a dream to ask me what I wanted. I used...

Faith

Curious and confused, I challenged God repeatedly

Growing up, I was strongly averse to the Christian community.  I was happy being who I was and doing what I did since birth, worshipping whatever I worshipped. I just wanted to be me and to be left...

Health

When I found out my mum had cancer… again

5 March 2017. It was a Wednesday evening, and I had decided to take a GrabCar home from school in order to make it back on time for dinner with my parents. Mum hadn’t been feeling well for the past...