Discipleship

Hidden sin and how to deal with it

Is there something that you’re trying to hide from God? When it comes to our hidden sins, it can sometimes seem like God has been leaving these dark areas of our lives alone. At times, you might...

Real Life, Real People

National School Games: My season was wrecked by injuries, but God gave me a miracle

My first year of Junior College was when I began training for pole vault – a completely new sport after ten years of table tennis and six years of running middle-long distances. It was something...

Discipleship

5 hard truths about real manliness for guys who are missing the point

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but for some of us guys, it’s time to stop mincing words, dancing around issues and just say it like it is. Some of us have gone soft, and not in a...

Faith

I spent years chasing after the best life possible – until God touched my heart

I have always been someone who valued independence and self-reliance. I relied on myself to navigate life’s demands and shouldered a lot of pressure to achieve my personal goals. I considered...

Family

Growing up in poverty, I resented my father for being a poor breadwinner

I grew up with a lot of anger and bitterness towards my father because our family was very poor. There wasn’t such a thing as going to McDonald’s, and I had never tasted sushi until much later in...

Dating

Relationships: A convo on being unequally yoked, online dating and finding “The One”

Happy Valentine’s Day! Continuing on from their conversation on relationship red flags last week, CLIFF and WAI JIA touch on unequally yoked relationships, online dating and share some thoughts...

Do Good

How a short trip to Mongolia changed my perspective on life

“Impactful” is the one word that represents what my trip to Mongolia meant to me.  I’ve seen the stories about poverty. I have heard people share that such “exposure” trips...

Culture

Fortune-telling: Can anyone really predict anything?

This Chinese New Year, many of us would have encountered superstitious materials at malls and elsewhere that purport to tell us about what we might expect in the year ahead. These materials offer...

Mental Health

A letter to you who are still journeying through mental health challenges

If that’s you, my friend, how has the year been so far? I know you might think that nothing has changed. You still feel the pounding in your heart, the endless noise in your mind, the heaviness...