Mental Health

I will not be shaken

What do you do when the devil makes multiple attempts to overthrow you? How do you respond when he tries to steal and kill and destroy (John 10:10) the very things you hold dear? Such an incident...

Life & Death

I started 2019 with a funeral

On the list of ways I thought I would be starting 2019, attending my friend’s funeral was not one of them. I expected New Year parties, barbecues, even clearing assignments for school – yet...

Illness

Does supernatural healing still take place today?

Sometime ago, my mother had a minor health scare. She discovered a tiny 2.6cm lump on her thyroid and was shaken by it. So she went to the doctor and booked a couple of scans and tests to have a...

Culture

I liked myself because I was “liked”

When social media first entered our lives, it was a fun and novel way to connect with friends and family. I suppose it remained rather innocuous for me until I started working. As a performer, I...

Mental Health

Comparison beyond grades

For a couple of weeks in recent months, the CNA Insider video featuring students from different school streams was the only constant on my Facebook News Feed. Touching on the sensitive (and often...

Mental Health

My journey through being bullied

I often think about the seasons of my life. As a kid, I was unwanted by the people around me. The wayward and strange culture that I grew up in had a way of distorting my thinking. I learnt that...

Illness

I lost all my hair to illness – but God gave it back to me overnight

Update (February 25, 2021): On the afternoon of February 23, 2021, See Ting went home to be with the Lord. Our hearts hurt and rejoice all at once because she is gone – but also free from the pain...

Illness

How I got my life back on track

I did not know how misaligned I was in my body, soul and spirit until I literally collapsed onto the floor. After teaching for more than 15 years, I resigned and enrolled into a Bible school. Upon...

Mental Health

Wading through grief and the broken heart

It was around 4pm on a Monday. My friend sent me a text that a mutual acquaintance of ours had just passed on. From suicide, to be exact. Is it even possible to grieve over someone you barely knew?...