Do Good

Singaporeans queuing to donate blood – the kind of crowd we want to see

If you’ve been following the news about the appeals for blood donors lately, then you’ll know that there’s a lot to be positive about. These calls by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and...

Apologetics

Do you have fear, folly, fatalism… or faith?

Fear is something we all have, and much of that is natural. But what about the kind of fear that rules over us, dominating our hearts, directing our actions? When such fear takes control, our view of...

COVID-19

“In God’s economy, man’s adversity is God’s opportunity”: Bishop Rennis Ponniah on celebrating hope in a time of COVID-19

More than a year after the Celebration of Hope (COH) was first announced publicly, over 200 church and ministry leaders gathered at St Andrew’s Cathedral (SAC) yesterday to give thanks for the...

Church Life

What should we make of livestreamed church services?

COVID-19 has been seeing an increase in the number of people getting infected, and churches here seem to be badly affected with some being identified as clusters. In the midst of much concern, fear...

COVID-19

Young people and COVID-19: Don’t be scared, but please be wise

Most Singaporeans are fearful of COVID-19, but it seems this is less true for younger people. In fact, over 60% of those under age 30 said they would continue to attend important events even if they...

COVID-19

No services, but an opportunity to bless the neighbourhood: FCBC builds “church without walls”

“When we face various crises in life, will we be found to be faithful?” asked Faith Community Baptist Church’s (FCBC) Senior Pastor Daniel Khong to an empty church building – save...

Outreach

“Don’t ask who is my neighbour, but ask whose neighbour am I,” urges Methodist Church Bishop

The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) kicked off its 135th anniversary celebrations today, with a clarion call by Bishop Dr Chong Chin Chung for followers to love God and love their neighbours as...

COVID-19

“We are prepared to die today,” says frontline doctor

When did it all begin? Perhaps it was the night I tossed and turned after reading the scientific medical journal, as the seriousness of COVID-19 dawned upon me. I had seen hundreds of patients with...

Mental Health

When it looks like world’s end, the best defence is taking heart

It’s been every kind of storm. A biomedical storm. A media storm. Now even a supermarket storm. But in the eye of the global frenzy stirred up by COVID-19, I’ve recently found myself...