Relationships

Why is it hard to say sorry?

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...

Relationships

How important are Christian friends in uni?

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...

Culture

The pursuit of sexual purity

One of the struggles many dating Christians face is sexual intimacy. Our first encounter with our sexuality is probably when we hit puberty. That’s when our hormones start to fluctuate – leading...

Relationships

The sting of rejection

“I’m so sorry, but I just don’t see you in that way…” The camera cuts to a wide shot of two individuals at a 45º angle, then pans between one pensive face and another (devastated) one. An...

Culture

My love affair with pornography

I am intimately familiar with sin. I was around 12 when I had my first experience of pornography, one which started a love affair that lasted more than a decade. Porn seemed to satisfy this deep and...

Relationships

In grief and hatred, I wanted to change my surname

I hit rock-bottom when I was 17. That was when I stood in front of my father’s niche, silently ranting at him for not being around to protect me and my mother in the legal mess his extended family...

Relationships

When you’re single but not by choice

“How are you, being single?” My friend was telling me about a friend who was approaching her thirties soon and struggling with singleness. We agreed that age might have played a large role in...

Relationships

Friendship and community

“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...

Relationships

Help, I think my professor likes me

“Hi Carmen, I was wondering if you would like to come down earlier before your consultation? Perhaps we could go for lunch?” My already furiously beating heart raced even faster and I could feel...