COVID-19

COVID-19

A letter to my children: Lessons from 2020 that we must never forget

To my dear daughters, 2020 has been an extraordinary year. Never before in the history of Singapore have we witnessed a pandemic upending our lives on such a scale. It all started from a cluster of...

COVID-19

How to usher in the new year when the whole world is so tired

Iā€™ll say it upfront ā€“ I didnā€™t expect 2020 to end like this. And perhaps the same goes for you too. 2020 was beyond heavy on many fronts. The year of perfect vision crumbled as soon as it...

News

Was this the worst year of all time?

Dear reader,  Congratulations, you did it! You made it through 2020! To many, this felt like the longest, worst year on record. Indeed, a highlight reel of the yearā€™s major happenings might look...

Christmas

Longingęø“ꜛ: Kingdom creatives bring hope this Christmas

Christmas, as we know it, will be different this year. With ongoing social distancing measures due to COVID-19, gone are the Christmas markets, street carolling and musical plays that churches...

Church Life

How is the health of our youth ministries?

ā€œCOVID-19 has been like a temperature-taking for the church,ā€ Pastor Ian Wong of Kum Yan Methodist Church, opined. Referencing Singaporeā€™s safe-distancing measures, he went on to say ā€œIf...

Do Good

How can I say I love my neighbours, but do nothing about social issues that affect them?

Growing up, I had many opportunities to volunteer. Every Christmas, I would help out at the Boysā€™ Brigade Share-a-Gift drive. In junior college, I also started a mentorship programme for primary...

COVID-19

Godā€™s unexpected plan for my family through COVID-19

It all started when I had a fight with my boyfriend. In spite of the COVID-19 social restrictions, he had gone to play futsal with his buddies in an enclosed stadium ā€“ without a mask on! I got...

COVID-19

How to get rid of your unwanted ā€œnew normalā€ habits

As the world adjusts to a ā€œnew normalā€, Iā€™ve awakened to the realisation that COVID-19 has incubated a ā€œnew normalā€ of a different kind within me ā€” one Iā€™m not sure I should get used...

Mental Health

After a long battle with depression, Iā€™m stepping into a new season of recovery

When a WhatsApp message announcing the restarting of our churchā€™s physical worship service came at the end of June, it signified a long-awaited moment for many since the lockdown started....