Worldview

What if there’s a disease much more lethal than COVID-19?

What is it about contagious diseases that we have so much primal fear over? As we religiously attempt to sanitise and set ourselves apart and avoid all contact with contagion, we do whatever we can...

COVID-19

Avoid the hospitals? I’m a medical social worker who has no such luxury

When the first COVID-19 case was reported in Singapore, many were engulfed by fear and paranoia as the world did not know just how contagious or severe the virus was. The hospital was the first place...

Do Good

Singaporeans queuing to donate blood – the kind of crowd we want to see

If you’ve been following the news about the appeals for blood donors lately, then you’ll know that there’s a lot to be positive about. These calls by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and...

Apologetics

Do you have fear, folly, fatalism… or faith?

Fear is something we all have, and much of that is natural. But what about the kind of fear that rules over us, dominating our hearts, directing our actions? When such fear takes control, our view of...

COVID-19

“In God’s economy, man’s adversity is God’s opportunity”: Bishop Rennis Ponniah on celebrating hope in a time of COVID-19

More than a year after the Celebration of Hope (COH) was first announced publicly, over 200 church and ministry leaders gathered at St Andrew’s Cathedral (SAC) yesterday to give thanks for the...

Real Life, Real People

I spent 48 hours in the NCID as a patient

“Sorry 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) 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...

COVID-19

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...

COVID-19

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 – save...