Friendship

Relationships

The God of irreconcilable differences

There is no way we can save this. No hope that we’ll ever work out our problems. We’re too different. Too far gone. We just have to accept it as irretrievable. Unfixable. One too many...

Faith

Learning to love my imperfect cell group

Ah, cell group. I didn’t attend youth cell group as a Secondary School student unlike most people who start attending one after they graduated from Sunday School. From the outside in, this is...

Faith

I tried to be an extrovert for years

I’ve only recently accepted that I’m introverted. Growing up, I wasn’t entirely in the dark about my personality. I remember recognising early on that I was a little bit different...

Relationships

A tender but strong heart

“Be tender-hearted, and be strong-hearted..” Those were about the last words my mentor gave me before our season ended, and one of the deepest lessons I am still learning in life. I find that the...

Faith

My friend left Church because of me

All names have been changed for confidentiality. “I need a break from church and from y’all to think about what happened,” a good friend wrote in a text message to me one day. And with that...

Relationships

Intergenerational friendships: Doing away with demographics

Names have been changed for privacy. I got to know Aunty Emma and Uncle Glen about four years ago when we were assigned to the same ushering team. At the time, Church had two services every Sunday,...

Relationships

You might not believe it, but people are worth it

Are we as a Church taking care of people? After all, loving another as yourself is the second most important commandment we were given (Mark 12:28-31). Whatever ministry we are a part of, we...

Relationships

The men who build our country: Loving our migrant workers

“Uhm, hello – my name’s Eudora! What’s yours?” It was a Sunday in June when I found myself greeting a young man leaning against a wall in the mid-afternoon heat. As part of my youth...

Health

What my dad’s death taught me about life

When our loved ones fall terminally ill, it’s as though the rug has been pulled out underneath you. You know the world as you know it is about to change. And seeing them struggle, slowly...