Finding Purpose

Finding Purpose

Why must I keep waiting?

Between the years 2013 and 2016, after my resignation as a school teacher, I entered a season of the wilderness when I was recovering from a burnout. Going from the fast pace of the teaching service...

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Freed from performance anxiety, I no longer had to pretend

There is a word in Japanese that summarises the deep problem I was facing: “足りない” (tarinai). In English, it means “not enough”, “insufficient” or “lacking”.  By all...

Finding Purpose

“It’s an answer to a prayer I wrote at 19”, says 27-year-old who is refreshing heritage brand CYC

Think of the iconic 85-year-old Singapore brand, CYC, and a picture of made to measure shirts favoured by prominent CEOs, politicians and state leaders comes to mind. But Cara Chiang, 27, has...

Real Life, Real People

“This is more than just a job”: The preschool teacher who wants to give her kids the love she never had

“You cannot change your past, but you can change your future.” This was what my brother always used to tell me when I was young. As a kid, I grew up without my dad. Initially he went overseas...

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Taking stock with Chuttersnap’s Klaus Tan: Photography with a different angle in mind

Everyone has hobbies. But not all hobbies make you a globally recognised talent. 20-year-old Klaus Tan, better known as Chuttersnap within the photography community, is one such example. Picking up...

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I thought I was giving up my dream job, then God showed me His world

“When people see someone following God in a radical way, there is usually a radical process behind it.” (Shawn Bolz) Before I quit my dream job in July 2015, I gave God a “contract”. This was...

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Not sure of your purpose in life? Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin shares how things were not always so clear to him

Many years ago, Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin remembered trying to discern God’s will for his life as he contemplated if politics was the right career choice for him.  But as he gazed ahead,...

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Once guided by money and prestige, I gave it up to answer a call

Back in 2010, I was at a point where I was faced with multiple job options and yet remained directionless. I was frustrated at my state – as a believer, shouldn’t I be clearly directed by...

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I was called to full-time while climbing the corporate ladder

Financial freedom, independence and excelling in my career – these were the desires of my heart. I grew up in a family of six with my father as the sole breadwinner supporting four school-going...