Money Matters

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I survived on $2 a day… then everything changed

Since young, I have lived with little. So life was the same every day: just waking up, eating at some kopitiam, going to school and going back home. That’s about it. I didn’t have a phone, I...

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Amidst flip-flopping tariffs and financial anxiety — choose hope

I couldn’t take it when I saw the headlines this morning: “Tariffs paused for 90 days, but pressure on China ramped up”.   Aiyoh, this is like watching a prata get flipped and landing...

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

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

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How can I be generous when I don’t have a lot?

Recently, when I was chatting with a friend over dinner, he asked, “What do you do when you don’t have enough for the month?” I shrugged, and almost instantly said, “I don’t know. I guess...

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Angpao no enough: Newlyweds talk finances and what a wedding’s really about

Wanna know a secret? On both nights after our church solemnisation and wedding banquet… 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 children’s service. It was a weekly ritual: My hand would already be stretched to the...

Music

“When we have Him, we have everything we need”: Awaken Generation’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...

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My father’s taxi: My family wasn’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 driver’s vocational licence some three years after the Asian Financial Crisis. After multiple failed...