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Working from home: Where is God in all of this?

For as long as I can remember, being able to work from home feels like winning the lottery. For that reason, I thought it would be a walk in the park after the nation-wide directive was given. The...

COVID-19

Carrying Christ to the COVID-19 frontline

“I just joined Woodlands Health Campus in March,” he says. “My original role was as an executive in building Resilient Community Neighbourhoods. When I joined the campus, that was when the...

Work

3 things I learned when I couldn’t find a job

Fresh out of college, I decided to dedicate one year to serving in a non-profit organisation involved in youth outreach work. I figured, “Hey! I’m young and I’m armed with a good degree...

Work

Making the most of your time

In my line of work, I often have to do financial assessments for clients. I look at their income and the breakdown of their expenditure like food, transport and household bills. So, a typical...

Church Life

Secrets from the circuit breaker: Sometimes you have to lose what is precious to find what is real

I developed Bell’s Palsy on a Wednesday in late August last year. Some days you never quite forget. It had me quarantined at home for two whole weeks as I could do nothing but rest and try not to...

Work

One man’s journey from burnout to breakthrough

In 2017, I made the difficult decision to leave a job I loved, to deal with my burnout and take care of my mental health. I was trained as a social worker and had worked with various charities for...

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...

Work

Do you work to rest, or rest to work?

I think all of us are familiar with the question: “Do you live to eat, or eat to live?” The answer reveals our true philosophy – what defines us. If we eat to live, then survival is our...

Workplace

When I was blindly chasing my boss’ approval

I watched intently as a group of HR staff handed out certificates and a small gift to the month’s outstanding worker. A small part of me hoped they would stop by my desk. But alas, after years of...