Culture

Full-time under 30: This is also the real world

Christopher Chng is a 27-year-old Youth Worker at a local Methodist Church. Prior to his entry into full-time ministry, he was part of a discipleship training programme with missions organisation...

Culture

How do you define success?

Do you remember your childhood ambitions? In Upper Primary, my form teacher asked what we wanted to be in the future. I knew what the “prestigious” careers were, but wasn’t sure...

Faith

Freely my father gave, even after he lost his job

From a young age, giving was always inculcated in our family. My dad would give my siblings and I a $1 coin each to put into the offering bag at Sunday school in Church. Every time we went to a...

Faith

Megachurches and their extravagance: How much is too much?

A few months ago, my friend told me he wanted to change Church. One of the reasons he gave was because he disagreed with how the Church was spending money. “Why do we spend so much on building...

Work

What a quarter-life crisis taught me

Have you ever felt restless and listless? Some time ago, I was entirely awash with ennui – that is, this intense feeling of dissatisfaction and boredom with life. And in my very lacking and...

Faith

Are you constantly comparing yourself to others?

Have you ever tried to be someone you’re not? I’ve always thought I was pretty well-adjusted and secure in my identity as a child of God. But I soon met a curveball at work when I started...

Work

Finding my voice, learning to say no

For the longest time, I struggled with the crippling fear of speaking to people in authority over me. Even as an adult in her 30s, this fear of speaking to superiors would paralyse me with anxiety....

Faith

What’s the point of life? Everything is meaningless

Here’s an honest thought: There are times I wish I was dead.  I’m not suicidal – I don’t want to kill myself – but I’m not averse to the idea of death: Wouldn’t it be nice to one...

Work

From dance floor to destiny

I am an actor, scriptwriter, director, arts educator, dancer and a musician — all in one. I do many things, with many hyphens. God has gifted me with the talent to tell stories. To the world,...