Secondary

What is God doing in our schools? Building a house of prayer with See You at the Pole

I don’t remember what I was doing at the age of 18, but I was definitely not praying for my school. Not that I didn’t want to – it just never even crossed my mind to do so.  That’s why, as I...

Finding Purpose

To all young teachers: Remember why we do this

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese I remember this boy in one of the classes I was teaching, I read suspicion and uneasiness in his eyes. I was giving a...

University

My humbling hall life: Seeing God’s goodness in a ministry that I almost didn’t start

On three separate occasions, I was approached by three different people with the challenge to serve in a hostel ministry that I had never heard of. I declined all three times, reasoning that it was a...

Finding Purpose

After a bad breakup with touch rugby, I challenged God to show me that He was real

I am a second-generation Christian who grew up in church, attending children camps, youth camps and youth meetings. But as I grew older, my spiritual walk with God could be best described as...

University

How I trained to become a lawyer without losing my mind

My calling to become a lawyer wasn’t about money, GCE A-Level grades or scholarship programmes. Having been verbally and emotionally abused for five years in school, and having suffered much...

National Service

It’s not easy being Christian in NS

All I wanted was to cruise through my two years of National Service (NS). No hiccups, no frills. Blend in, be done, then wipe the dust off my boots as my pink IC and I ride into the ORD sunset. That...

National Service

How God opened doors for me in NS

My national service (NS) days were really memorable because it was a period where God’s favour filled my life. Unlike most Singaporean sons, I was PES C9L9 – a designation which meant I...

Studies & NS

My time in BMT revealed how proud and uncaring I was

I was recruited to the army in April. I’ve learnt so much during my Basic Military Training (BMT) that I’ve found His sustaining grace shines most clearly in times of trial. In the...

Studies & NS

Help! I keep compromising in National Service

I’m currently 6 months into my National Service (NS), and it definitely hasn’t been an easy one. Before enlisting, I had a lot of thoughts about how NS would be a toxic environment for me...