Category: Living as Child of God
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faith
The distance between faith and delusion seems frightfully close. But faith is God-led; delusion is self-inflicted. Faith grows, takes shape and builds up.Delusion destroys, takes over and builds up into implosion. Faith encourages, a bandwagon that bolsters more of its own but delusion drags down into the abyss of self, ignoring, silencing. Faith is yielded…
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The story of ‘On the Waves’
It’s been a while since I posted. Somehow over the last few months I felt my thoughts and feelings being poured out into songs rather than blog posts. But today I want to document the story behind this song. In April 2019, God asked me at a church conference if I would leave my job…
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In the unseen
I had just shared this song, written as a result of weeks sitting in thoughts about hiddenness in this period of lockdown. Quite contrary to its themes, I posted it for public listening and I asked God ‘why?’. I’m also writing this public post because I believe the timing is right. Some of us need…
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Introducing the Sabbath
Have you ever thought that we’ve been cheated by technology? What was meant to assist us and make life more convenient has somehow become the vehicle in which life moves at a frenetic pace. In his very powerful book, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, John Mark Cromer remarked that people in 1960s were predicting that…
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What about women?
Sometimes I wonder if God left us women on the sidelines. The Bible is full of stories of great (and equally evil) men, but so few women. Even then, the women never really do great things, outcasted women, mocked, sick, unfaithful, evil, helpless women. And with the men, we have stories of great men who…
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‘Your will be done’
The Covid-19 situation has caused many to cancel their travel plans. Friends have lamented their situation of losing money due to cancelled accommodation and unresponsive airlines. It’s so frustrating, to find ourselves in positions where our plans are disrupted, especially for many in Singapore who plan our holidays months, even a year before. Although I…
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Thoughts on single|loneli – ness
When I think about it rationally, there are so many benefits of being single. But all rational thought is chucked out the window when the jarring loneliness of singleness sets in. It’s funny, how empty you can feel when these moments wash over you. All the benefits of singleness cannot seem to match what your…
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Letter to my early twenties
All the grand ideals of financial independence and beginning your career after 17 years of studying have come crashing down into exhaustion and cynicism. Most days you lie in your bed curled up in a ball too tired to process the emotions of the day, but too bothered by them to fall asleep. No one…
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The trap of sentimentality
SentimentalA sentimental person is strongly influenced by emotional feelings, especially about happy memories of past events or relationships with other people, rather than by careful thought and judgement based on facts. Anything can become memorabilia for me. Cards, pictures, notes, notebooks, musical programmes, sheet music, song lyrics, stage managing cues, the signed t-shirt of my…
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TOP FIVE BOOKS FOR YOUR 2020 READING LIST
Other than the compulsory 66 books of the bible, there is a wealth of literature out there for the Christian seeking to be fed. I’m a bit of an old soul, gravitating towards real books (like ones you actually have to physically flip pages) rather than other mediums. We live in a time where there…
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