25 Dec A New Beginning, Devotionals, Faith, Uncategorized What do you see this Christmas? 25/12/2024 By Alina Teo Away in the mangerWhat do you see?The little Lord JesusWho came for you and meNo crib for a bedHe ca...Continue reading
03 Oct A New Beginning, Devotionals, Doubt, Faith, Hope, Uncategorized How Messy is Your Life? 03/10/2024 By Alina Teo Mess scares us.Many of us want to fix it, or at least try to neaten it up so the curious eyes of tho...Continue reading
15 Jul A New Beginning, Devotionals, Faith, Uncategorized Who is the King of my Life? 15/07/2024 By Alina Teo Have you ever wanted something so badly that the consequences did not matter to you? It could be wan...Continue reading
10 May A New Beginning, Devotionals, Doubt, Faith, Uncategorized Is God Working In My Life? 29/07/2024 By Alina Teo feeling FORGOTTEN Sometimes we do feel like we’ve been forgotten, don’t we? We look around us and ...Continue reading
26 Feb A New Beginning, Devotionals, Faith, Restoration Invited to the Table 29/07/2024 By Alina Teo Just last Sunday, I was struck by the Celtic call to communion by George McLeod, founder of the Iona...Continue reading
15 Sep A New Beginning, Devotionals, Friendship, Relationships The Gift of Presence 27/11/2023 By Alina Teo Mask on. Expressionless faces. Mask off. Eat. Mask on. If you were in Singapore during the Circuit ...Continue reading
23 Aug A New Beginning, Devotionals, Faith, Hope Finding Hope 27/11/2023 By Alina Teo THE BENCH Recently, I came across the phrase, ‘HOPE IS EVERYTHING’. It was engraved on a park bench,...Continue reading
25 Jul A New Beginning, Devotionals, Faith Remember & Return 27/11/2023 By Alina Teo Would you look and see Open your eyes once again and behold In your daily wanderings Pause Listen to...Continue reading
30 May A New Beginning, Devotionals, Faith, Forgiveness, Hope In Acceptance Lieth Peace 27/11/2023 By Alina Teo IN ACCEPTANCE LIETH PEACE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) was the widow of a martyr...Continue reading
14 Mar A New Beginning, Devotionals, Faith, Life, Prayer, World Come, My Beloved – God’s gentle call to us in times of uncertainty 27/11/2023 By Alina Teo WHAT'S GOING ON? I’ve found myself finding it a little harder to hope. With uncertainty looming from...Continue reading
01 Sep Courage, Devotionals, Hope, Issue 47 Navigating Through the Storms of Life 16/02/2024 By Aarksara Foo Over the years, I have learned that just because we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Saviour does...Continue reading
01 Jun Devotionals, Faith, Issue 46, Music Worshipping When No One’s Looking 16/02/2024 By Aarksara Foo When we were about to bid farewell to 2019 and excitedly welcome 2020, little did we know that we’d ...Continue reading
01 May Devotionals, Evangelism, Faith, Hope, Issue 45 Beautiful Feet 16/02/2024 By Jiamin Choo “Is there really a God? What is love? And why would God love me?” Kazuma, a fourth-year engineering ...Continue reading
01 Mar Devotionals, Evangelism, Faith, Hope, Issue 44 Living Hope 16/02/2024 By Jiamin Choo Come with me to the place where it all happened. Imagine the dark before the dawn, the heavy footste...Continue reading
01 Jan Devotionals, Faith, Issue 43 Renew 16/02/2024 By Jiamin Choo “With one word, how was 2020 for you?” a friend asked me. I replied, “Unprecedented.” My friend nodd...Continue reading
26 Nov Devotionals, Faith, Issue 42 Loving the Foreigner 23/10/2023 By Jiamin Choo One day when I was on my way home on the MRT, I heard someone shout, “Go back to your country!” I lo...Continue reading
16 Sep Devotionals, Faith, Issue 41 Sheltering The Homeless 24/10/2023 By Jiamin Choo "We are four days away from Opening Day! We’ve found all the hosts required. We’ve reached our targe...Continue reading
30 Jun Devotionals, Issue 40, Studies Fill Your Heart With Joy 28/10/2023 By Jiamin Choo Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the stress of studying? I remember the many late nights in the lib...Continue reading
13 May Devotionals, Family, Forgiveness, Issue 39 Forgiving Your Family 28/10/2023 By Jiamin Choo I didn’t ask to be born first. It’s not fair that my parents expected me to be responsible for my yo...Continue reading
24 Mar Baptism, Devotionals, Issue 38 Washed and Risen 28/10/2023 By Jiamin Choo It was a special Sunday in December 2010. My 85-year-old grandma, Ah Po, was onstage in my church sa...Continue reading
24 Jan Devotionals, Issue 37, Worship A Praiseworthy Fear 30/10/2023 By Jiamin Choo Earlier this year, clumps of hair began to fall out whenever my fingers gently ran through my long b...Continue reading
24 Nov Devotionals, Evangelism, Issue 36, Missions The Great Joy of Christmas 31/10/2023 By Jiamin Choo It was a December so different from what I had grown up knowing. I wasn’t singing Christmas carols w...Continue reading
24 Nov Devotionals, Issue 30 Being An Answer To Someone’s Prayer 04/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo One Saturday, when the missions ship Doulos was in Papua New Guinea, I went to the onboard book fair...Continue reading
24 Jul Devotionals, Family, Issue 34 Loving Her 01/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo “Why is it so hard to love her?” That was my struggle growing up. Why was it that I tried my best to...Continue reading
24 May Devotionals, Friendship, Issue 33 Carry Each Other’s Burdens 01/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo When I was catching up with a friend, I noticed she wasn’t her bubbly self and looked listless. I a...Continue reading
24 Mar Devotionals, Issue 32 Broken, But Not Forsaken 03/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo I was 17 and far from God. It had been a whole year of running away from Him and skipping church you...Continue reading
24 Jan Devotionals, Issue 31, Wisdom True Treasures 04/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo It was my first day moving back onboard the missions ship Doulos after she had undergone the annual ...Continue reading
24 Sep Devotionals, Issue 29 Longing For A Forever Home 04/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo During my four years of serving onboard the missions ship Doulos, it was exciting to sail to 52 port...Continue reading
24 Jul Creation Care, Devotionals, Issue 28 Caring For Creation – Be A Steward Of The Earth! 05/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo Recently, I watched Chasing Coral on Netflix. It’s a 2017 documentary about the magical underwater w...Continue reading
24 May Devotionals, Issue 27 Who Can You Trust? 06/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo Have you ever been in a situation when you felt weak or vulnerable, hoping for someone to support yo...Continue reading
29 Jan Courage, Devotionals, Issue 25 Out Of The Harbor 07/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo “Jiamin, what will you do in the future?” many asked during my third year in university. Should I en...Continue reading
30 Nov Baptism, Devotionals, Issue 24 Wait For Me 07/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo The sky was still dark that July morning. I had woken up early, excited to catch the sunrise on my 2...Continue reading
30 Sep Devotionals, Issue 23, Wisdom Words Matter 08/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo It was my first week back in Singapore after being away for four years serving on board the OM ship,...Continue reading
30 Jul Devotionals, Issue 22 Choosing Contentment 10/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo “Wow ... she looks so good!” “That’s such a nice meal they’re having ...” “I wish I could travel t...Continue reading
30 Mar Devotionals, Identity, Issue 20 Everyone Is A Masterpiece 14/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo I love collecting seashells. It’s intriguing how they come in different colours, textures, and shape...Continue reading
23 Feb Courage, Devotionals, Issue 19, Studies When Things Change, God Remains 14/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo It was my first week in my dream school. I was no longer a Secondary Four student in a girls’ school...Continue reading
30 Nov Courage, Devotionals, Issue 18, Social Justice Living Out Justice And Compassion 15/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo “Erm ... hi, do you need help to cross the road?” I asked the uncle wearing sunglasses and holding a...Continue reading
30 Sep Devotionals, Identity, Issue 17 The Courage to Love Extravagantly 16/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo Have you ever wondered what it means to embody ‘femininity’? The Oxford English Dictionary defines i...Continue reading
30 Jul Devotionals, Issue 16 Refreshed – My Date With God 20/11/2023 By Jiamin Choo I was exhausted. It had been a long week. The usual, really – work, family dinners, catching up with...Continue reading