Family

Family

Learning to love our family, even when it’s difficult

During the circuit breaker, God challenged me to reflect on how I had been treating not only my sister, but also my parents. Being around our family members a lot more, it’s easy to annoy one...

Family

How the family altar changed our home

Recently I listened to a sermon titled “The Key in the Passover“. My pastor didn’t reveal what the key was for more than half the sermon, detailing instead God’s instructions in...

Real Life, Real People

Drugs, sex and prison: How a HIV diagnosis led a prodigal son home

Living a double life as a dentistry graduate student by day and promiscuous drug addict by night, Dr Christopher Yuan was peddling drugs – even to his professor – to support his habit. “Three...

Family

“It feels better to be loving than to be right”: Redeeming the lost years with my father

Update (February 25, 2021): On the afternoon of February 23, 2021, See Ting went home to be with the Lord. Our hearts hurt and rejoice all at once because she is gone – but also free from the pain...

Faith

Walking through fire: We lost our baby at 27 weeks, but there is hope

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch...

Relationships

Seeing my struggles, a teacher taught me the most important lesson I would ever learn

My parents were divorced when I was 10. It felt like a relief then because my dad was impulsive, brash, and hot-tempered. He had a hard time providing for our family of six and even so, he drank,...

Culture

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: For all the drama with our parents, there is a love that never dies

WARNING: SPOILERS UP TO EPISODE 4! I have to say, Kim Soo Hyun’s ongoing comeback drama, It’s Okay to Not To Be Okay (or in original Korean, “Psycho but That’s Okay”) has not...

Relationships

What trying to be a great dad taught me about the Good Father

“You would make a great dad, Jon.” This was said to me several times before Dorea and I had our first kid. And the shameless truth is, I agreed. I love kids. There always was a deep, God-given...

Relationships

The gift our fathers deserve

I know too many people who draw a blank when it comes to what they love about their dad. That he provides for our family? Some of us might say. And if I were to ask, “What about him makes you...