Music

A bond that goes beyond music: Meeting the men behind Leeland

Known worldwide for hits like Lion and the Lamb, Leeland is no stranger to the Christian music scene. Since forming in 2004, the band has gone on to receive 4 nominations for the Grammy Awards and...

Family

A young woman’s journey out of sexual trauma and brokenness

My family used to be tight-knitted when I was younger, and I was especially close to my father. We would attend church services together every Sunday and do family activities on every other day. It...

Life & Death

Praying for the dying

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...

Family

Monster father: The wretched nature of sexual assault

Four days ago, a 27-year-old man in Singapore was sentenced to 25.5 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane for prostituting his wife and sexually abusing his young daughter and niece.   Heavy on...

Life & Death

If God is good, why did my grandma have to die?

When the life of someone close to you flickers away, all sorts of questions will course through your mind. God, if You are good – why didn’t you save her? Couldn’t you have let her live...

Marriage

SUPERMARRIED: Marriage, it gets better with age

This Valentine’s Day, we invited 3 special couples to join us for our very first game show: SUPERMARRIED. With the face of marriage increasingly coloured by the lenses of social media, what...

Dating

Dear heart, I’m so glad I didn’t settle for less

Growing up, my church mates and I would share traits that we wanted our future life partners to have. We had dreams of how we wanted to lead our families, do great things for the Lord with our...

Dating

I chose to approach dating differently after 12 years of getting it wrong

Between the ages of 17-29, I was always with someone and was never single for more than 3 months. But after breaking up with my last boyfriend, I decided to intentionally be single for a while. No...

Singlehood

A plausible life of singleness

Considering how many single people there are in church, why is it that the dominant discourse surrounding singleness is: Singlehood is good, but being married is better? For younger singles,...