Relationships

We got married online: A simplified wedding helped us focus on what’s truly important, say Lianne and Kong Wai

Lianne Seow and her husband, Liew Kong Wai, first met in 2011. The two 25-year-olds serve together in their church’s worship team and first got to know each other during a retreat organised for...

Missions

The mission trip that opened up my heart

In the past, I was a Christian who merely attended church but didn’t have strong faith in God. In fact, my faith started dwindling when my sister asked me: “Where did God come...

Relationships

The World of the Married: When a loving spouse turns into your greatest enemy

How does a loving relationship dissolve into one filled with hatred and resentment? This is the question at the heart of The World of the Married, the recently concluded K-drama that has been keeping...

Relationships

We got married online: Not our dream wedding, but more than we could have imagined, say Hui Lin and Vincent

Ting Hui Lin (28) and her husband, Vincent Tay (31), first met at one of their church’s mass gathering events back in 2017. After being introduced to each other, upon which they quickly clicked,...

Relationships

Till difficulties do us part? Staying married is hard work

In my past 20 years of working with couples and families, I have not found anything new under the sun anymore. With regards to love and marriage, the issues faced by every couple are somewhat similar...

Worldview

“I am worried”: A mum’s take on the Myka Stauffer adoption controversy

My husband, Elvin, always tells me to find a “plot twist” when reading this kind of article or news. When I was a teenager, I also had a youth leader who told me that before judging...

Friendship

Salvom, my friend from Chennai

As Singapore grapples with the ballooning outbreak in migrant worker dormitories, we’ve been given a rude awakening to the kind of dilapidated conditions and inequalities our migrant workers...

Friendship

What am I worth if I can’t keep my friendships?

When I was very young, my parents parted ways. Though my mum remarried, I still never got to experience what growing up in a stable family is like. Essentially, I’ve never had parental figures...

Singlehood

To the girl without a boyfriend

To my 25-year-old self, Hello from the other side. It’s now been three years since you questioned why God wouldn’t give you a boyfriend. Believe it or not, I’m now the girl you envy: the one...