COVID-19

Real Life, Real People

I spent 48 hours in the NCID as a patient

โ€œSorry ma’am, but because you attend Grace Assembly of God church, we think it would be best if we sent you to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID)ย to get your symptoms checked...

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...

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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...

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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 โ€“ save...

News

“Lord, let this trial not be wasted,” prays Senior Pastor Vincent Choo of The Life Church and Missions Singapore

When the news first came that our church had been exposed to the coronavirus, I was shocked and anxious. But I became calm when I realised what I needed to do. I cancelled our meetings and began to...

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“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...

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Top marathoner Mok Ying Ren says while he cannot outrun the virus, he hopes in God

For one week, I will be rostered to see suspected and confirmed patients of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with concomitant orthopaedic conditions. As I went home last week with the news that I had...

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...

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COVID-19 and the valley of decision: The unbearable pressure your Senior Pastor is under

Maybe your Church is running worship services this weekend, and you’re not happy about it. Is that really the wisest decision at such a time? Or maybe your Church isn’t running services,...