Relationships

My dad loved me in his own language, even when I couldn’t understand it

On my study table is an old postcard that was sent from Holland. It was addressed to me 25 years ago, when I had barely learned to talk and was left in the care of some relatives. My mum and dad were...

Relationships

For many years, I thought my dad didn’t love me

My dad held out his hand. “Give me your hand,” he told me. I clasped my hands behind my back and shook my head. “Give me your hand or it will be even more painful for you,” he repeated. Tears...

Relationships

My father, the drug addict

James Giam (51) has been jailed 19 times over the span of three decades. And in the nine years he spent away from home, his wife and two young sons, James was all alone. He slept in parks and in the...

Relationships

Are you tired of being a cell leader?

Are you leading someone difficult? At any level of leadership, you are going to come across sheep who are difficult to herd. You push them in one direction, in search of better pastures — but they...

Relationships

I was the non-believer Christians are told not to be yoked with

As a freshman in university, I remember that one of the things I wanted to get out of my college life was to challenge my own limited worldview. Coming from a Junior College that was largely...

Relationships

What’s in a surname that I should change it when I marry?

“Are you going to be changing your name after marriage?” Without hesitation, I said no. I was first presented with the possibility of officially changing my surname after marriage at the...

Relationships

Are your friends only from Church?

I wasn’t born a Christian, so I experienced certain difficulties with my friendships when I first came to Christ. I remember the first time I told my friends about my decision. I was nervous and...

Faith

Love makes space

Have you ever wondered why God would create humanity? I’ve always wondered why God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – whose life is perfect and blessed and needs no one and no thing (Acts...

Relationships

To the grandfather I never knew

I never got to know my grandfathers. I don’t remember if I ever asked my parents about them, but for most of my early life, I didn’t know where they went. But I had some theories of why they...