Relationships

A tender but strong heart

ā€œBe tender-hearted, and be strong-hearted..ā€ Those were about the last words my mentor gave me before our season ended, and one of the deepest lessons I am still learning in life. I find that the...

Health

Orphaned at 28, I wanted to commit suicide

I experienced my first anxiety attack right after my mum passed away in front of me ā€” from a brain haemorrhage in aĀ Hong Kong hospital. For once in my life, things had actually been going along...

Relationships

Where is God in my heartbreak?

You have to believe you’re going to make it, GodĀ said to me. There are probably as many forms of escapism in the world as there are people. Iā€™m quick to recognise it only because it is one...

Relationships

I couldn’t move on after my break-up

One month afterĀ the passing of my mother in April 2011, I ended a year-long relationship with my boyfriend. The relationshipĀ had already been on the rocks for months. It was adding to the...

Faith

My friend left Church because of me

All names have been changed for confidentiality. “I need a break from church and from yā€™all to think about what happened,ā€ a good friend wrote in a text message to me one day. And with that...

Relationships

Intergenerational friendships: Doing away with demographics

Names have been changedĀ for privacy. I got to know Aunty Emma and Uncle Glen about four years ago when we were assigned to the same ushering team. At the time, Church had two services every Sunday,...

Relationships

You might not believe it, but people are worth it

Are we as a Church taking care ofĀ people? After all, lovingĀ another as yourself is theĀ second most important commandment weĀ wereĀ given (Mark 12:28-31).Ā Whatever ministry we are a part of, we...

Relationships

The men who build our country: Loving our migrant workers

ā€œUhm, hello ā€“ my nameā€™s Eudora! What’s yours?ā€ It was a Sunday in June when I found myself greeting a young man leaning against a wall in the mid-afternoon heat. As part of my youth...

Health

What my dad’s death taught me about life

When our loved onesĀ fall terminally ill, it’s as though the rug has been pulled out underneath you.Ā You know the worldĀ as you know it is about to change. And seeing them struggle, slowly...