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Worldview

Men, women and abortion

I hear so many people repeating the idea that abortion is a “womanā€™s right” and that others should not interfere with a womanā€™s “right to choose”. Abortion is promoted in...

Church Life

Done with church? Hold it right there

IĀ don’t always feel at home in church. Some days I drag myself in (late ā€“ sorry pastor), force myself through those oh-not-again songs about emotions I wasnā€™t feeling, remembering what...

Real Life, Real People

The depressed husband, autistic child ā€“ and the woman who kept her family together

My husband and I really enjoyed life with each other. We did things together, we shared openly about everything. He would help me to clarify my thinking. He was my confidante. He was also my support...

Mental Health

Studies, stress and suicide

The number of teenage suicides in Singapore isĀ on the rise. Twenty-sevenĀ Singaporeans aged 10 to 19 killed themselves in 2015 ā€“a 15-year high, and twice as many as the year before....

Marriage

The day I prayed for a wife

JanuaryĀ marked the 1Ā year anniversary of my marriage to the most incredible woman. It’s easily been the best year of my life. I believe with all my heart that sheā€™s a gift from God ā€” one...

Singlehood

The cure for loneliness: Finding peace in a Table For One

Loneliness seizes us in unexpected seasons. IĀ recently got to know a pastor who, after years of blissful marriage, suddenly experienced lonelinessĀ when her husband dived into depression. To protect...

Dating

I had my heart broken in church

Growing up in church Iā€™ve witnessed a fair share of broken hearts and experienced it first-hand as well. People are shocked when they hear of this. Isnā€™t the church supposed to be a place of...

Illness

I feel like ants are eating away at my flesh: Living and dying with ALS

When Lum Kum Sung was a teenager, he lived the #YOLO life. An adventure-seeker, he loved anything that got him on his feet. His social life was also rich ā€“ friends jio-ed him for many activities...

Life & Death

The art of dying

Iā€™ve sat through too many funerals this year. I remember the white sheets, the flowers, the smell of groundnuts. Some of the deceased lived full lives. More than half were young. Invariably, a...