Relationships

Is loneliness addictive?

In a survey conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) earlier this year, more than half of young people aged 21 to 34 said they sometimes feel anxious about talking to people in person and...

Family

This is what my children teach me about Father God’s love

Today is Childrenā€™s Day. And schoolā€™s out. As a father of two active (sometimes mischievous) children, ages eight and four, it is a day where my wife and I will squeeze out time to bring them...

Marriage

Before you apply for a BTO, here are some things to keep in mind

I first met Deborah in February 2022 after joining her cell group. Four months later, I took her out to dinner, gifted her flowers and a kintsugi plate (another whole story behind that one), and...

Marriage

Being proposed to is every girlā€™s dream, I just didnā€™t expect him to pop the question with a BTO

Some people say life changes after 30, and I believe it did change the way I viewed relationships as well. I started dating my fiancƩ after my 30th birthday. Suddenly, timelines felt shorter, more...

Family

Always being teased for looking different, I finally found out I was adopted after a conflict at home

How would a 19-year-old react when he finds out that he is adopted?Ā That is what I went through two years ago during a conflict with my family, when I discovered that I was adopted. From birth, I...

Friendship

3 handles on navigating conflicts in a friendship

What do you consider to be a conflict? Many think that a conflict probably involves a lot of screaming, shouting, holding strong feelings against each other or giving the cold shoulder to one...

Real Life, Real People

I lost a kidney growing up, but I would come to gain so much more

I was three years old when I lost a kidney.Ā  From a young age, I had been having regular fevers. My mother kept bringing me to the general practitioner, but there was no other sign from my body that...

Singlehood

What helped me navigate singlehood in my twenties

I was single for most of my twenties. I didnā€™t really mind it at first, since most of my ıfriends were also single. But when our peers started to get married one by one, our ā€œsingleā€ status...

Dating

Missionary dating: Finally in a non-toxic relationship, I was desperate for my boyfriend to believe

Maybe I can lead him to Christ and maybe God will help me. Boy, was I wrong. Let me preface by saying that I am a newly born again Christian. My family was very rough and strict with their religious...