pain

Illness

One man’s journey through psoriatic arthritis

Before Tom Cannon got together with his girlfriend, Ethel, he had to lay all the cards down: They might never be able to have children of their own. Since 19 years old, Tom has been suffering from...

Culture

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: For all the drama with our parents, there is a love that never dies

WARNING: SPOILERS UP TO EPISODE 4! I have to say, Kim Soo Hyun’s ongoing comeback drama, It’s Okay to Not To Be Okay (or in original Korean, “Psycho but That’s Okay”) has not...

Mental Health

When suffering doesn’t make sense

In July, I received some bad news from relatives in Taiwan about my cousin. Her cancer had returned and, this time, it was terminal. I was shocked to hear the news, since I had just recently seen her...

Mental Health

It’s okay to wrestle with pain

Several years ago, I found myself lying in pain on the hospital bed, recuperating from a slipped disc. My former cell group leader was about to pray for me – but he said something which I did not...

Apologetics

3 books to read when you want to make sense of suffering

Bombarded with news about COVID-19, questions about worry and safety fill the minds of many: How should Christians respond to such fears? And how should we view events like panic-buying at the...

News

Australia burns: Why is heaven silent while our earth is scorched?

Australia is burning. An unprecedented season of bushfires has laid waste to over 6 million hectares, wiping out half a billion animals and livestock, and devastating native ecosystems and farmlands...

Christmas

Christmas on a broken heart

“I don’t like Christmas.” “No, thanks, Michael Bublé, I don’t care if it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” “I don’t need the presents, I’ll skip that Christmas...

Sermons

Stay where you are, even if you can’t find Jesus: Tyshone Roland at FOPx GO Conference

It was counter-intuitive for a conference themed GO, when youth pastor Tyshone Roland of Free Chapel Youth Church, USA, took the stage on the first night of the FOPx Conference 2019 and opened with a...

Mental Health

I saw hope even when it felt like I was drowning

It was during a season of transitions that I fell into depression. It wasn’t a sudden fall. It was happening, but I just hadn’t realised it. At the time, I was in NS (National Service) and in...