How-tos & Handles

Bored? Here are 3 ways to spend your free time meaningfully

It’s the holidays, and everyone around me seems to be occupied with exciting plans. Someone is in Bali lounging on some of the best beaches. Someone else is on a summer internship programme,...

Money Matters

Crypto crash: A word of caution and comfort for investors

The latest cryptocurrency crash is all anyone’s talking about these days. After the stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) became unpegged to the US dollar earlier this month, the value of its affiliated...

News

What is winning or losing? TeamSG’s Angelica See on missing out on a medal at the SEA Games

I had been training for the SEA Games with gold in mind. Day after day, I put in the hard work while fine-tuning my performance, making sacrifices as any other athlete would. But when I left Hanoi...

Finding Purpose

This 23-year-old enjoys her work in palliative care nursing. What keeps her going?

The dream of being a nurse started with Emily’s grandma, who was a nurse herself too. “Growing up, my grandma always looked after my brother and me. To me, she was the kindest and most loving...

Mental Health

After feeling like a fraud for months, I sought help

Having studied in Australia for five years, jumping headfirst into work in Singapore was tough. Towards the end of my work supervision, I began to feel strangely overwhelmed and crippled. I felt that...

How-tos & Handles

Before you start investing, consider these dos and don’ts of managing money

The problem many of us face today isn’t financial illiteracy but information overload. And that’s when things can get messy. We sit down with Joanne Lai, Senior Advisory Group Partner of ACTS...

Finding Purpose

“God hears the struggles of my heart”: A journey of figuring out my full-time calling

Growing up, I always had a desire to serve God in full-time ministry. But I never entertained it much because of all the negative things I heard, which affected my view. “What about your family and...

Real Life, Real People

Answering the call to serve in Africa, she saw how her sacrifices were turned to gifts

Returning to Singapore in March after working in Eswatini as a Risk Communication and Community Engagement specialist, Dr Tam Wai Jia marvels at how, in the hands of God, what seemed like losses...

Workplace

How God moved me to give up my business

When I first came to know God, it was not difficult for me to decide to follow Him. I was overwhelmingly grateful that He had saved me from my old life and forgave me of my sins. But a year after...