Faith

Can a Christian be ambitious?

Almost six years ago, I quit my job as a corporate lawyer to join full-time ministry. My plan was to ambitiously pioneer a new ministry that would reach out to young people through dance with...

Faith

How to use your SkillsFuture Credit (to bless others!)

What if someone handed you $1,000 to improve yourself by learning a skill? What would you choose to learn? In case you don’t know yet, that’s kind of what we’ve been given in the...

Culture

4 essential life lessons from Start-Up

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS!  Over the past few weeks, a shipping war has overtaken the Internet. If you’ve been seeing images of Kim Seon-Ho (who plays the second male lead, Han...

Real Life, Real People

Burnt out within 4 years: The full-time ministry worker who is glad she “failed”

“I think I need a break,” I blurted out to my co-worker one day after a ministry meeting. Looking surprised, he replied: “Huh, but you’ve only been in full-time ministry for four years.”...

Workplace

Was I really suitable for my job?: 27-year-old funeral director speaks up after her setback

In December 2019, an employee of Harmony Funeral Care made a mistake, which resulted in the wrong body being cremated. Amid regulatory curbs and legal proceedings initiated by the aggrieved family,...

Do Good

“When we have a desire to give, we can trust God to provide”: How dogood.sg was birthed

What does doing good look like to you? Perhaps it feels like an intimidating task rather than something enjoyable? The founders of new social enterprise dogood.sg believe that many people have 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...

Real Life, Real People

Embracing who I was created to be: Cara Chiang on the pursuit of real happiness

The year has been a big wake-up call, a memento mori (“remember you must die” in Latin) for Cara Chiang. Dubbed as the one who might take over the tailoring business that made shirts for...

Personalities

Renowned marathoner Mok Ying Ren on the greatest race of his life

I was a very athletic kid. In primary school, I was the fastest kid for 1.6km and I got the best results for fitness tests. Subsequently, I did cross country, triathlons and marathons. In university,...