Mental Health

After feeling like a fraud for months, I sought help

Having studied in Australia for five years, jumping headfirst into work in Singapore was tough. Towards the end of my work supervision, I began to feel strangely overwhelmed and crippled. I felt that...

Real Life, Real People

From rock star to PhD scholarship holder: A man’s search for the meaning of life

Trigger warning: This article contains mention of suicide. Growing up, I was sometimes bullied for being different. These experiences made me feel really small and very insecure about who I was. I...

Illness

Sacrificial love: Would you donate your kidney to save someone you love?

Samantha* (48) is a full-time ministry worker who is bright and cheerful. If you were meeting her for the first time, you wouldn’t be able to guess that she underwent a major surgery just four...

Life & Death

“We need more willing channels of God’s revival”: A tribute to Canon James Wong

Rev Canon Dr James Wong was called home to the Lord on April 8 at the age of 82. His funeral service was held this afternoon on April 12. Serving faithfully for 41 years with the Anglican Diocese of...

Life & Death

Death is not the end: Looking to the triumph after a tragedy

In February, we ran an article on Joy who was fighting for her life after being stricken with what doctors suspected was lupus. Though Joy’s family and friends rallied around her in prayer, she...

Workplace

How God moved me to give up my business

When I first came to know God, it was not difficult for me to decide to follow Him. I was overwhelmingly grateful that He had saved me from my old life and forgave me of my sins. But a year after...

Health

Social egg freezing for women in Singapore: Here are 7 questions for Christians to consider

In a landmark decision that will impact women in Singapore aged 21 to 35 years old, the Government has put forward a recommendation to give them the choice to freeze their eggs for non-medical...

Disabilities

I am autistic and I am blessed: How to move from autism awareness to autism acceptance

Who am I? Son of a pastor. Student at a prestigious institution. Track and field sprinter with multiple medals. This is how I would love to define myself. These parts of me bring such joy and pride...

Family

“I felt like I wasn’t worthy”: After letting go of her painful past, this teen wants to pay it forward

Trigger warning: This article contains mention of self-harm and suicide. At just two months old, Rachel* was sent to foster care due to the history of abuse in her biological family. After nine years...