Health

Exhausted from caregiving, I battled depression and suicidal thoughts

I found it hard to admit that I had been emotionally wounded yet again. I could not accept that my depression had relapsed, and here I was, reliving my darkest nightmare just four years after my...

Culture

What I learnt from being bullied

What comes to mind when you think of betrayal? Bitterness, sadness, pain? In my story of betrayal, I definitely experienced those feelings – but I found an eternal blessing in the end. I was 11...

Faith

Changing church: Moving on to greener pastures?

I have been a member of my church for more than 30 years. And I can recall a couple of times when I thought about moving to another church. So what made me stay? Based on what I’ve observed of...

Relationships

Growing up in a lower-income family, I hated my life

My parents separated when I was 10. I was too young to understand anything about separation, but one thing I knew for sure was that our house now felt emptier. After the separation, my mother moved...

Relationships

“Missing out on mum”: Learning to love my mentally-ill mum

I missed out on a lot of things as a girl because of my mum’s mental illness. I didn’t have someone to talk to about boys, about my period, about skincare. And I never had someone to nag me about...

Culture

Ditch the fear of man and preach the Gospel: Ben Fitzgerald at Kingdom Invasion 2018

For Singapore to live up to the call to be the Antioch of Asia, for souls to be saved – we need to deal with the fear of man, said Ben Fitzgerald. “The fear of man is the Number 1 thing that...

Culture

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE: The untold story of the song that inspired millions

If you’ve been going to church for some time, you probably have sung MercyMe’s hit Gospel song, “I Can Only Imagine”, in a worship service. But you probably have never heard...

Faith

I’m a new Christian and loving it

Before I came to know Christ, I went to temples with my family as I was not born into a Christian family. At that point of time, I didn’t know which god I was praying to because there was so...

Relationships

I hope you’ll find love

One would assume only singles struggle with the issue of loneliness while married couples live happily ever after. But that’s not true. Loneliness can permeate even in relationships. I remember...