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Both my mentees left the church within the same month: November 2018. I had been mentoring them for close to a year, respectively. They were also the first and only two mentees that I ever had....
In Chinese culture, we are often caught up with the need to “save face”. That’s an idea that comes from the Mandarin phrase mianzi (面子), which refers to one’s pride and...
“Wow, I can relate to what Jesus said about being born again spiritually, and not physically. This makes a lot of sense!” When my friend K* blurted that sentence out in the middle of January,...
It was 2017, the day after Christmas. The Thir.st team had gathered at my place for lunch, and we were in the midst of playing a game when my phone suddenly rang. It was my friend Aaron’s...
6 July 2018 was the day of my enlistment. As a cell group leader prior to enlistment, I had made plans to stay back in the tertiary ministry: I wanted to disciple the younger guys there to be an...
Drama. Remember the fiasco back in 2012 when a Member of Parliament was embroiled in a sex scandal? And then the Lee family dispute over the Oxley House? Everyone loves juicy gossip especially when...
A friend I met in university (who is now working overseas) shared that living the immigrant life means you’re forever questioning who you are and where you belong. While spending four years in the...
“When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was...
There are two things I’ve always been frustrated with God about, especially on bad days. The first – why do I always seem to be in the wrong place? And the second – how many times have I...