Real Life, Real People

Be inspired by these ordinary people who have extraordinary stories. Wherever you are in life, every story in here is sure to give you hope!

Movies & TV

Emmy winner Samantha Suyi Lee: God is the ultimate storyteller

I’ll be the first to admit I didn’t go into animation thinking this was where God wanted me to be, I went in thinking: “This looks fun.” My mum was an animation buff so I grew...

Personalities

The dangers of a double life

If you’ve been catching up with the news and been around social media of late, you would know that there has been a lot going on. Like the popular actor who has been at the centre of an alleged...

Real Life, Real People

National School Games: My season was wrecked by injuries, but God gave me a miracle

My first year of Junior College was when I began training for pole vault – a completely new sport after ten years of table tennis and six years of running middle-long distances. It was something...

Faith

I spent years chasing after the best life possible – until God touched my heart

I have always been someone who valued independence and self-reliance. I relied on myself to navigate life’s demands and shouldered a lot of pressure to achieve my personal goals. I considered...

Family

Growing up in poverty, I resented my father for being a poor breadwinner

I grew up with a lot of anger and bitterness towards my father because our family was very poor. There wasn’t such a thing as going to McDonald’s, and I had never tasted sushi until much later in...

Post-secondary

My self-worth was tied to my grades, but God set me free

I was the studious one in my family. I was the one that my parents would boast about due to my good results, the one that my cousins were constantly compared to, the one who enjoyed studying and...

Family

I am adopted and unashamed: How I traded my fear of separation for peace and identity

“I felt unloved, unwanted and unimportant.” That’s how Ashley Tan summed up the internal struggle she faced growing up as an adopted person. Now 20, Ashley was adopted as an infant in...

Outreach

How a breakup, board games and the Alpha Course led me on a path to discover Jesus

Growing up in a family of freethinkers, Ting Wei knew little about religion. Though there were certain religious practices that his family would observe due to tradition, these were considered more...

Outreach

Sharing your personal testimony: How your life story leaves an impact for the Gospel

Back when I was working in the newsroom, I used to tell my interns that news is what people need to know and want to know. How does that apply to our faith? The Gospel is what people need to know....