COVID-19

The Blessing: Have you heard these creative covers yet?

It’s been more than a month since UK churches started the ball rolling with their cover of The Blessing – a song you must have heard at least one version of by now. The global hit was written...

COVID-19

Church services of up to 50 can resume, but no singing: MCCY

In Phase 2 of the nation’s reopening, religious services of up to 50 people will be able to resume with stringent safe measures in place, including the omission of singing, announced the...

Culture

What do you do when you can’t travel anywhere?

Our passport – the most useless thing in 2020. You might have scrolled past this post on your feed and thoroughly agreed with a rueful half-laugh. So what if Singaporeans have the most powerful...

Mental Health

I always thought Good Christian girls didn’t get depressed

I remember the first time I knew deep in my gut that I had depression.  I was like any 20-year-old – my days consisted of going for classes in university, serving in church, trying new recipes and...

Mental Health

A letter to you, the student overwhelmed by life

I found out about you because someone forwarded to me the news about your “unnatural death”. The time the police were called was listed as 6.50am on Monday, June 8. I wondered about that. I...

Faith

What is your life built on?

For the past few months, we have faced a constant stream of news. From the chatter on social media platforms to WhatsApp messages on the COVID-19 pandemic, all the images and stories can leave one...

Relationships

We got married online: It’s amazing how everything came together in 2 weeks, say Natasha and Amos

You may have seen their faces on Mothership, Chinese newspapers and other foreign websites. Being among the first couples to hold their wedding online during the circuit breaker, Amos and Natasha...

COVID-19

The circuit breaker, a blessing for my family

I don’t come from a picture-perfect family. We’re an average middle class family who have our arguments. My parents’ relationship isn’t the best, and it’s also strained the...

Relationships

We got married online: A simplified wedding helped us focus on what’s truly important, say Lianne and Kong Wai

Lianne Seow and her husband, Liew Kong Wai, first met in 2011. The two 25-year-olds serve together in their church’s worship team and first got to know each other during a retreat organised for...