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!

Mental Health

I was anxious, depressed and thinking of giving up… but God gave me a miracle

I chose to use my actual name to show you that there is a real person behind this story, and you don’t have to be ashamed of what you’re struggling with. Eight months after I started...

Personalities

“Achievement is excellence”: The lie that many athletes believe

One of the most dangerous lies which athletes believe is that achievement is excellence. I personally believed this lie for years. ‘Lord, make this race your testimony’: SEA Games 2023...

Secondary

A good education isn’t about grades

Ahead of this month’s Thir.st Youth Night that’s all about education, we sat down with PETER TAN, a four-decade veteran educator who has served as a principal for 24 years across schools...

Mental Health

Struggling with body image, I couldn’t see how I was fearfully and wonderfully made

Primary School was where it all started. Wah, Abigail! You’re so fat leh! This one comment struck me in Primary 4, when a boy exclaimed it in front of the whole class. It stung.  That was when I...

Personalities

Yeo Jia Min: Talent is God’s gift to us, how we use it is our gift to Him

Going into this year’s SEA Games, Yeo Jia Min wrestled with mixed feelings; she was not going to take part in the individual event despite her really wanting to.  Midway through SEA Games, she,...

Personalities

“Whether God gives or takes, He is still sovereign and good”: SEA Games 2023 debutant Shawn Chia

I’ve always been active in sports since young. I enjoy playing a variety of sports but running is one of the sports that I enjoy the most. My running journey started in secondary school when I...

Real Life, Real People

Guna Raman: My heart was reawakened to the Gospel through the work of Tim Keller

We spoke to Pastor GUNA RAMAN, CEO of City to City Asia Pacific – sister organisation to the church planting organisation co-founded by #TimothyKeller. Pastor Guna looks back on his encounters with...

Personalities

Dead at 72: Timothy Keller

On Friday, 19 May 2023, Pastor Timothy Keller went to be with the Lord after a three-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.  Based in New York, Pastor Keller was a spearhead for...

News

‘Lord, make this race your testimony’: SEA Games 2023 bronze medallist Goh Chui Ling

I am a national athlete for Singapore at the South-East Asian (SEA) Games, but more importantly, I bear witness to the epic love of the Lord my Father. The Lord’s love has reached the deepest,...