Family

Family

A father’s love: All his 3 children have a rare genetic disorder

Every one of us has our fair share of family problems. We may even say our loved ones have caused us some form of suffering. But for one father David Lang, even the diagnosis of a fatal genetic...

Real Life, Real People

The Helping Hand: How the Father’s love freed a prisoner from his old ways

Ever since he was 15 years old, Jason Gwee had been going in and out of prison for drug abuse. His life was a vicious cycle of serving 2-3 years in prison, getting released and then eventually being...

Family

I may not have a perfect mother, but I have a perfect God

A mother’s love is said to be the greatest in the world. Yet I feel like my own experience with my mother fell short of what I was told. Many of my childhood memories, despite the happy ones,...

Family

Even with 2 miscarriages, I’m not a lousy mum

It’s interesting how when you suffer from a miscarriage, you immediately want to keep it to yourself. And the people around you who know, want to keep it on the hush too. I wondered about that kind...

Culture

What if I can’t be the superwoman in Proverbs 31?

Truth is, Proverbs 31 can be discouraging for many Christian women when you measure yourself against it.  A mum who wakes up before sunrise to prepare cute bento boxes for her children. A mum who...

Family

Lessons from my late mother: Seamstress and superwoman

At the height of the circuit breaker, Joanna Cheong’s mum went home to be with the Lord. As the family was unable to hold a proper memorial service due to the restrictions at the time, they...

Family

6 encouraging prayers for mums

Mothers are our first friends, teachers and role models. And if we were raised in a Christian home, our mothers (and fathers too) were probably the ones who first told us about Jesus. The power of a...

Family

Mother’s Day gift ideas: The Love Language Edition

I must admit: Growing up, I’ve never put much effort into my mum’s birthday or, for that matter, Mother’s Day. Don’t get me wrong. It’s more like we’ve never had a culture...

Culture

Minari: In the fumbling search for Eden, lessons on family and failure

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND “Never pay for anything you can find for free.” I chuckled at that line when Jacob (played by Steven Yeun) tells that to his son David in one of the early scenes in...