Friendship

Friendship

Love is an open hand and a heart full of intention

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....

Friendship

The girl who just wanted to fit in

I came to Singapore way back when I was just 11 or 12 years old. I stepped into this country as a shy, timid and fearful girl. I was terrified to speak to anyone because of the fear that I would be...

Friendship

He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother

Bruce and I have been close friends for over a decade. My journey with Bruce’s struggle with depression and anxiety started around 2010. We had just completed our National Service and came to a...

Friendship

Trying to change someone or show them they’re wrong?

I’ve attempted to change someone for years. I know how tiring it is, having relentlessly tried ways and means to make him believe in my goodwill. I’ve tried umpteen times to convince and...

Friendship

Do you have a good friend?

“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24) In His Kingdom, God graciously gives us a community of friends. He...

Friendship

4 questions to change the way you look at friendships

There is one thing I realise that has changed drastically between my teenage years and adulthood: Friendships get harder to upkeep. When we were younger, it seemed easier as we had less...

Friendship

Easily offended? Here’s how to break free

It’s hard to lead a productive and fruitful Christian life if we’re trapped in offences. An offence occurs and takes root when we don’t process our hurts and wounds in a Christ-like...

Friendship

The can opener I never had: Making friends with the people next door

It was July 2017, and my newly wedded wife and I had just moved into our new home. Building a home was such a surreal experience. From finally learning how to keep a household in order and developing...

Friendship

Men united: Why guys should never walk alone

What challenges do young men in the church face? When guys join the workforce after NS, university or poly, they’re often not prepared for the worldliness that threatens to consume them. I call it...