Money Matters

Faith

When God didn’t show up

At the start of 2019, in my last year of university, I decided to work as a financial advisor. There were a lot of reasons why I chose that career. Firstly, I believed that the financial world was a...

Real Life, Real People

How God gave us a house in Geylang: YWAM’s Joseph Chean looks back at Red Sea moments

In the 40-year journey of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Singapore, God has regularly “parted the Red Sea” for the ministry – amazing everyone with His provision. National Director Joseph...

Money Matters

What am I chasing in life?

In a group of 6 successful and high-flying friends, I am the one who went a different way. I just don’t think I got the memo growing up: They went into the good classes, I was in the worst one....

Work

When unemployment feels like a road with no end

I am 30 this year, recently married and unemployed. If I could receive a dollar every time one of my friends or family members asked me how my job search is going, believe me, I could end world...

Work

I never expected that my financial breakthrough would come this way

I wasn’t your typical university student who focused on hall activities, securing internships or hitting the books. I was frequently flying, even during school weeks, to support my pastor in the...

Worldview

The value of paying attention

Recently, a lot of people have been feeling overwhelmed by the coronavirus-dominated news. My personal news intake has jumped from almost nothing to reading at least 30 minutes of news a day! Not...

Money Matters

Circuit breaker: 3 reflections on tithing

As churches come online this season, tithing has followed suit. Now, giving back to God can be done online with a couple of clicks. But is the convenience actually helping us? Curious to know if it...

Work

COVID-19: Don’t forget the freelancers

Young adults, our adulting quest just got super real.  For many of us, not only is this coronavirus market crash our first brush with a financial crisis as members of the workforce, it’s also...

Money Matters

Resilience Budget: 6 things we young people liked

The situation is bad, you guys. President Halimah Yacob confirmed as much, through House Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin, in the lead-up to the Resilience Budget presented in Parliament today. With a global...