
Throughout the circuit breaker, I’ve grown more comfortable being by myself. As I become more absorbed into my own personal space, finishing my tasks for the day and switching off with Netflix,...

When I first heard the phrase “social-distancing”, it didn’t sound too uphill a task. Staying out of crowded places, standing 2 metres from another person and not gathering in groups – that...

As we go through different stages of life — entering college, changing jobs, or just growing busy from changing responsibilities — we sometimes lose touch with old friends. Though it is normal...

Growing up, I met these two friends in Sunday school. We were just “hi bye friends” in church and were not close. But at a church retreat in 2015, the three of us reconnected as...

Not too long ago, we wouldn’t think twice as we walked into our church service hall, conveniently plonking ourselves down in the seat adjacent to a friend, acquaintance or newcomer. There was...

Growing up, I bought the idea that one had to be loud and extroverted to command the attention of others. To me, it seemed that these traits boosted one’s popularity. And going into university,...
Church is dismissed and the rustling starts. Do you quietly sneak out the back doors of the sanctuary? Or do you stick around, finding ways to soak up the richness of the diversity of the body of...

How can God be good? Two of my friends were going through difficult life situations and were in desperate need of help. Gossip. Badmouthing. Backstabbing. Family problems. Loss of identity. Battling...

Since the start of the year, I made it a point to write postcards to a group of friends regularly. I would hand-draw every postcard and write a little encouragement and Bible verse on each of them....