Music

Birthed in the circuit breaker, these #songsofhope remind us that things are going to be alright

At the start of May, the Awaken Generation worship collective and Thir.st put out a call for songwriters to release new songs for a world desperately in need of hope. Since then, we’ve seen our...

Do Good

I Go For You (让我来): A way to love the elderly near you

A few weeks after writing Circuit breaker: Don’t forget our grandparents, I’ve found a new initiative that offers us the chance to help seniors who are living alone. Launched to support...

COVID-19

What does contact tracing have to do with Christ?

Missing links! That’s what COVID-19 fighters are concerned about. Each day we get the number of infected people reported to us. Of greater concern is the numbers that seem unlinked to known cases...

Finding Purpose

I’m just one person, how can I make a meaningful change in the world?

During my exchange semester in China, I lived in a relative comfortable dormitory for foreign students. Every day, I would have to cross an overhead bridge into campus where I’d come across...

Missions

“We can do so much more than this”: A missionary family’s struggle to return from the slums of Marilao

“International travel will be suspended from Friday. Do you think it’s still good for you to be here or should you consider returning to Singapore?” COVID-19 was swelling worldwide, and the...

Apologetics

Celebrating mums in the Bible who struggled, just like us

When my colleague raised the brilliant idea of looking to mums in the Bible as we celebrate Mother’s Day, I didn’t think it was going to go this way.  But reviewing the list of women I...

COVID-19

Rising above the storms of COVID-19

Dragging myself back home after a long day of work, I pondered over how drastically our lifestyles had changed in the past few weeks. Shopping malls had limited the number of entering customers....

Do Good

A dormitory operator shares what loving migrant workers looks like in the time of COVID-19

We’ve all heard about the growing cases in foreign worker dormitories since the first cluster was announced. Their suffering in this period has made me realised that I’ve long been...

Money Matters

Circuit breaker: 3 reflections on tithing

As churches come online this season, tithing has followed suit. Now, giving back to God can be done online with a couple of clicks. But is the convenience actually helping us? Curious to know if it...