Faith

Do you deserve love?

Ever heard the quote, “We accept the love we think we deserve?” Well, it comes from the “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, a best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky. To me, the book explains...

Relationships

Confessions of a mother’s only child

Having my birthday in the middle of May means that it’s never far from Mother’s Day. I treasure the proximity of those two dates. They are a reflection and reminder of the relationship I have...

Relationships

"She told me she couldn’t have children": Menopause at 26 and the miracle after

Imagine this with me for a moment: You’re sitting at your study table for your usual quiet time. You’ve just read your Bible, and you’re praying for the people you love, the place...

Relationships

A tribute to Mum: There are 5 of us, but we’re all Number 1 to you

If you asked me who’s the strongest woman I know, I’d point to my mother. By 36, she was a mother to 5 girls — and having 5 children doesn’t come cheap. My mother sacrificed her figure to...

Relationships

I waited 22 years for my baby to be born

It always seemed to me like the most natural thing to marry and have children. In fact, some women seemed to get pregnant with such little effort that I assumed I would have a similar experience when...

Faith

Church is family

A couple of years ago, I posted my thoughts online on the issue of how a “family” is defined. I explained that there were essentially two views of “family” competing in the modern world....

Culture

Who will avenge my greatest injustice?

I almost hate looking at reenactments of what Jesus went through on Calvary. It’s extremely disconcerting to consider that this was real life, that the “2000 years ago” we casually refer to...

Faith

So what if my S/O isn’t Christian?

While I’ve been single for most of my life, I’ve been infatuated with numerous women before. Now because some of these women weren’t Christian, I was tempted to ask God, “So...

Faith

Are you praying stock prayers?

Prayer wasn’t always close to my heart. The logic I lived by for quite some time was that since God knows everything already, why bother saying so much? It wasn’t until I began praying...