Music

Birthed in the circuit breaker, these #songsofhope remind us that things are going to be alright

At the start of May, the Awaken Generation worship collective and Thir.st put out a call for songwriters to release new songs for a world desperately in need of hope. Since then, we’ve seen our...

Do Good

I Go For You (让我来): A way to love the elderly near you

A few weeks after writing Circuit breaker: Don’t forget our grandparents, I’ve found a new initiative that offers us the chance to help seniors who are living alone. Launched to support...

Work

Working from home: Where is God in all of this?

For as long as I can remember, being able to work from home feels like winning the lottery. For that reason, I thought it would be a walk in the park after the nation-wide directive was given. The...

Friendship

10 ways to build an intentional friendship

Throughout the circuit breaker, I’ve grown more comfortable being by myself. As I become more absorbed into my own personal space, finishing my tasks for the day and switching off with Netflix,...

COVID-19

Carrying Christ to the COVID-19 frontline

“I just joined Woodlands Health Campus in March,” he says. “My original role was as an executive in building Resilient Community Neighbourhoods. When I joined the campus, that was when the...

COVID-19

What does contact tracing have to do with Christ?

Missing links! That’s what COVID-19 fighters are concerned about. Each day we get the number of infected people reported to us. Of greater concern is the numbers that seem unlinked to known cases...

COVID-19

Battling fever for 20 days and getting tested for COVID-19: I was on an emotional roller coaster

On February 3, I returned to Singapore from Shanghai and served my 14-day leave of absence (LOA) without any symptoms.  But on February 21, I developed a fever that broke only on March 11. Yes, I...

Missions

“We can do so much more than this”: A missionary family’s struggle to return from the slums of Marilao

“International travel will be suspended from Friday. Do you think it’s still good for you to be here or should you consider returning to Singapore?” COVID-19 was swelling worldwide, and the...

COVID-19

Have we become circuit fakers?

I’ve been scrolling through Instagram a lot more lately. In the thick of the circuit breaker, it’s almost become a reflex to check what others have been up to. I’m clocking a...