Faith

Why should I love others when it’s risky and difficult?

Any investor knows that the greater the risk he is willing to take, the greater the potential returns — but also financial loss as well. But when we apply this concept to leadership and choose to...

Culture

How do you react to a friend’s sex change?

“I’m going for breast removal surgery.” My heart stopped. I tried to read the following messages to see if anyone else in the group chat was fazed by my friend’s announcement. No sign of...

Relationships

What I learnt about hospitality from my travels

When I was in Jordan for the weekend, I learnt about hospitality. Did you know that Bedouin tribes in the desert freely offer travellers a three-day stay? I, too, had a taste of Arabic hospitality...

Relationships

Forgiveness is a continuous choice

For most of my life, I struggled greatly with forgiving and loving my parents. I couldn’t reconcile how as Christians, things were constantly stormy on the home front. Confused and disappointed by...

Faith

Where is God in my waiting?

Waiting in line for your cup of coffee. Waiting for your online shopping order to arrive. Waiting for your ride to pull up at your door. Our daily lives are punctuated with such periods of waiting,...

Relationships

My LDR plot twist

I’ve been in a long-distance relationship (LDR) for almost two years now, and as expected, it hasn’t been a smooth sailing one. With absence — like waves that tug you away from the shore — it...

Relationships

Will I ever be a dad?

When I married my wife at 25 years old, I already knew she loved kids. She just loves children. I, on the other hand, was neutral about this matter. Until two years later, while watching a diaper...

Relationships

The prisoner was me: Forgiving my dad after years of bitterness

In life, people will hurt us and we will hurt people. No one is exempt from having to forgive and release forgiveness. But sometimes the people who are closest to us are the hardest to forgive. For...

Relationships

My father’s kind of love: Hard work, sacrifice, and dad jokes in between

Dad: “If a man who’s bald at his forehead is said to be a great thinker, and a man who’s bald at the top of his crown is said to be a great lover, what about a man who’s bald from the...