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

Has your life been shaped by a higher standard?

“The clay does not know what it’s meant to be until it emerges from the kiln.” This is what my husband and I often tell our pottery students when we introduce them to the art of ceramics....

Mental Health

Anxious and depressed, I overdosed on drugs and fell unconscious for 2 days

I know the exact moment I was marked by Christ. It happened three years ago, when I was serving in disaster relief in Japan. God spoke 1 Corinthians 9:22 over my life – I am to be “all things...

Family

Asking Dad for forgiveness

“Why should I ask for his forgiveness? He should be the one asking me for forgiveness!” I first met Pastor Eddie Yeo of Acts Community Church at the Pastors’ Prayer Summit in January. We...

Mental Health

I didn’t dare to let myself feel beautiful

All women desire to feel beautiful. Every day, we see hundreds of advertisements for skincare, make-up, clothes and slimming treatments. Even the Bible celebrates a woman’s beauty in passages such...

Real Life, Real People

Women hooked on porn: Not just a men’s problem

“That’s the day I gave up.” She had been waiting for someone to find out about her habit of watching pornography, so that she could get help. She just needed someone to ask her:...

Illness

Overcoming 16 years of severe eczema

I’m 18 this year and I have had eczema since I was 3 months old.  It started with patches on my back, slowly spreading all over my body from my scalp to the bottom of my feet. Doing basic...

Life & Death

Unwed, pregnant and headed for Harvard – I thought the choice was clear

He was my best friend. We had known each other for five years. At that time, both of us were the most senior Ph.D students in the laboratory. We started a secret relationship without the knowledge of...

Marriage

I am a Pastor’s Wife: The good women beside the men

This might be a picture that has been painted of a pastor’s wife: Sitting quietly beside her husband in the front row at church service, usually with the kids in tow (and in check). They are...

Personalities

歌手Olivia Ong王俪婷的身份危机:我尽力了,但我还是被称为一张白纸

我七岁那年,有一次在电视上看到歌手Mariah Carey在三万多人面前现场演唱。表演结束后,大家都为她热烈地鼓掌。...