Church Life

Is it time to return to the heart of worship?

Your church may have restarted physical gatherings or may soon be about to. With some churches already a few weeks into this uncomfortable experience โ€“ no singing, mask-wearing, spaced-out seating...

Church Life

Buckle up as this church walks you through their “new” physical service

Ever seen COVID-19 precautionary measures presented in an airline safety video format?ย  As places of worship in Singapore slowly resume physical services, one church has decided to put a creative...

Church Life

Coming home to church after 6 months, it really blew me away

Last week, I went back to church for the first time in nearly half a year with my wife, Cheryl. We did it because we’ve been wanting to build up a bit of discipline in our lives and thought...

Real Life, Real People

Drugs, sex and prison: How a HIV diagnosis led a prodigal son home

Living a double life as a dentistry graduate student by day and promiscuous drug addict by night, Dr Christopher Yuan was peddling drugs โ€“ even to his professor โ€“ to support his habit. โ€œThree...

Illness

I thought cancer would ruin me, but it gave me a new beginning

I was 34 when I was diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, a type of head and neck cancer behind the nose. But what hit me like a ton of bricks that day was the news that followed: my cancer had...

Illness

What good can come out of Alzheimer’s disease?

Alzheimer’s disease. The disease that robbed me of my Ah ma. The disease which came so subtly and without warning. The disease that changed my Ah ma from the inside out. For 8 years, my Ah ma...

COVID-19

Fly back or stay home? Singaporeans studying overseas make the most of a disruptive season

When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged all Singaporeans studying overseas to return in March, few expected that they might be stranded in Singapore for the rest of the year.ย  Yet, this is the...

Life & Death

In the wake of my grandfather’s passing, we had a reason for hope

On 17 May, my grandfather passed on at about 5am.ย  Everything happened in a flash. At 3am, we received a call from my grandmother that my grandfather had fallen down. This shocked us because my...

Mental Health

There’s hope, even when our family experiences have shaped us for the worse

Growing up, Abigail Lee struggled with revealing her true self to her family members.ย  “The expectation I had as a youth was that each time I showed my negative emotions and feelings, I would...