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...

Relationships

I lost my virginity but not my faith

I was an early bloomer in terms of romantic relationships, and started having serious relationships since the age of 15. My first relationship was with a Christian. Both of us believed in God, but...

Faith

I felt like the worst mentor in the world

I was 17 when I first became a mentor in Church. At that time, we called it “shepherding”. Shepherding someone meant guiding and journeying with the person through life while building up a...