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!

Finding Purpose

#WinForWhat: 5 Singaporean athletes tell us what greatness really means

What does it mean to glorify God as a sportsman? Is it winning the gold medal? Breaking the world record? Ahead of the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics, Athletes in Action (AIA) invites us to reflect on...

Missions

It wasn’t “happily ever after” when I said yes to missions in Timor

Why missions, why Timor? I experienced a major turning point three years ago when the Lord miraculously delivered me from a dark season of my life. My response to this deliverance was, “Lord,...

Finding Purpose

Eight years into running my crafts business, I have seen God’s hands through every season

I’ve been running my business for more than eight years. I started it unofficially when I learned bookbinding as a hobby while looking for work in the market. I started listing my notebooks on...

Finding Purpose

Full-time under 30: Dropping out of university for my mental health, God was my way maker

“You would need to pay an outstanding amount of S$XXXXX.XX for the withdrawal.” I was stunned. Staring at the email from the Office of Admission, I wondered whether I was making the right...

Real Life, Real People

How I found freedom from my 6-year drug addiction

My mum was a tiger mum and the sole breadwinner of our household, hence she was always busy with work. My stay-at-home dad was pretty silent and very particular about cleanliness, so he would scold...

Real Life, Real People

Labelled “hopeless” and “incorrigible”, these young men broke free from crime and drugs

Organised by local halfway house The New Charis Mission (TNCM), the Unlabelled Run is an annual 5km fun run and 10km competitive run that advocates for the removal of prejudicial labels in our...

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. What is winning or losing? TeamSG’s Angelica See on missing...

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...