Money Matters

Money Matters

Amidst flip-flopping tariffs and financial anxiety ā€” choose hope

I couldnā€™t take it when I saw the headlines this morning: ā€œTariffs paused for 90 days, but pressure on China ramped upā€.   Aiyoh, this is like watching a prata get flipped and landing...

Money Matters

As a younger Christian, how should I be managing my money?

Letā€™s start with what God says about money in the Bible. God actually talks a lot about money, especially in Jesusā€™ parables. God makes His position very clear on how money can be used...

Money Matters

How can I be generous when I donā€™t have a lot?

Recently, when I was chatting with a friend over dinner, he asked, ā€œWhat do you do when you donā€™t have enough for the month?ā€ I shrugged, and almost instantly said, ā€œI donā€™t know. I guess...

Money Matters

Angpao no enough: Newlyweds talk finances and what a weddingā€™s really about

Wanna know a secret? On both nights after our church solemnisation and wedding banquetā€¦ we took the time to count our angpao money. Who would do that? This is a question you might ask, but the...

Discipleship

Is tithing actually necessary?

A dollar coin. That was what my parents used to pass to my brother and me before they dropped us off for our childrenā€™s service. It was a weekly ritual: My hand would already be stretched to the...

Music

ā€œWhen we have Him, we have everything we needā€: Awaken Generationā€™s Ian Chew on true provision

Ravens was written in the most unassuming and unexpected way. One Saturday morning in 2020, I was conducting a songwriting workshop for my church . We were learning about the basic building blocks of...

Music

Christina Mary Aung: How a singer left fame and fortune to lead worship

With more than 722,000 followers on Facebook alone, CHRISTINA MARY AUNG is a household name in Myanmar who shot to fame through her time on The X Factor Myanmar. Having embarked on the journey to...

Money Matters

My fatherā€™s taxi: My family wasnā€™t rich, and I was bullied for it

The year was 2000. I was enrolling into primary school, and my father had just obtained his taxi driverā€™s vocational licence some three years after the Asian Financial Crisis. After multiple failed...

Money Matters

Help, Iā€™m a blur sotong: How to save money

With the GST hike coming into effect, I know of quite a few friends around me who are gearing up for it ā€” theyā€™ve bought what they needed in advance last year and are preparing for fewer social...