Real Life, Real People

Death doesn’t have a timing: Life as a 26-year-old funeral director

Planning a funeral is like planning a wedding – but on steroids. It was midnight, and I was standing in a hospital and about to meet 26-year-old Harmony Tee when that thought crossed my mind. An...

Do Good

From poor child to millionaire: A young entrepreneur asks “why am I rich?”

“I used to think of myself as poor,” said Dylan Wilk, co-founder of Human Nature, a social enterprise that he runs with his wife and her sister in the Philippines. As he shared about his life as...

Missions

How I left my job to teach English in Southern Thailand

“Go, get out,” my Thai language teacher ordered, with indifference in her voice. Humiliated, I was told to leave her language class because I could not pronounce the tonal, tongue-twisting Thai...

Work

6 ways to prepare for entering the workforce

The workplace can be an exciting environment full of opportunity, possibility and connections. However, it can also be daunting, chaotic and stressful. Prior to entering the workforce, preparation...

Church Life

Crazy rich Christians: Are we really being inclusive?

I was once chatting with a group of first-generation Christians, and I found it really perplexing that many of their parents were more concerned about the financial cost of their new-found faith...

Real Life, Real People

Kara Loft Sessions: The power of community and safe spaces to come as you are

Anyone meeting the owner of Kara Café & Dessert Bar would immediately be struck by her warmth and candour. But beneath her story of entrepreneurial success are many other untold tales of angst...

Finding Purpose

Remind me, what is at the end of this race?

Sprinting comes natural to me. I love the adrenaline that kicks in when you hit the ground running, the instant gratification that comes with each pursuit. I love feeling the rush of wind as I rush...

Work

Coffee with a cause: I tasted His goodness even when my business failed

Is this what God wants me to do? I spent two years pondering this question before I took the leap of faith to start Really Good Goods to really do good, by selling really good goods. Two years...

Work

How do I bring God into my workplace?

Many of us who work in the marketplace, whether young or old, or soon to be entering, might ask ourselves this question: “How exactly do I bring my faith into the marketplace?” Actually, what we...