Culture

What caught our attention in 2019

In case you haven’t noticed, 2019 has been a pretty intense year. With all that has been happening, we get that it’s hard to keep up with piece after piece of ground-shaking news. So...

Faith

The heroes who left us this year

This year, we have seen some remarkable believers – both young and old – depart to be with the Lord. We have written about them and met with them. Indeed, some of us have even grown up under...

How-tos & Handles

How can we flee from temptation?

Many of us live in guilt and shame because of our addictions. Living under shame inadvertently causes us to live defeated Christian lives because it manifests in what we think, say and do. We think...

Christmas

Christmas on a broken heart

“I don’t like Christmas.” “No, thanks, Michael Bublé, I don’t care if it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” “I don’t need the presents, I’ll skip that Christmas...

Discipleship

Why Bible school is not just for the “up-there Christian”

Growing up in my Christian circle, the words “Tung Ling” were bandied around as some sort of mystical place you would go to get woke about Christian stuff. Much like Bible Study Fellowship (BSF),...

Real Life, Real People

At last I see the light

I was probably five or six when I first knew him. As a kid, you don’t exactly remember how people come into your life. One day they just do, and you simply become aware of their existence even if...

Christmas

The sound of carols: Bringing a different light to Geylang

When you think about spreading the joy this Christmas, I doubt going to the streets of Geylang is what you would have in mind. Neither will you find jolly Santas or sparkly tinsel lining its lorongs,...

Christmas

Mum and Dad reconciled: The Christmas gift I always wanted

2009. I remember that year very clearly. I was in my O-Levels year, and my dad had undergone emergency heart surgery at a private hospital. In the aftermath of that, we were facing an unresolved...

Christmas

Truth might be one of the best gifts this Christmas

We know Christmas is about the gift of love and the gift of peace, but how about the gift of truth? If you’re a believer, you may experience the tension between just having a meetup and wanting...