Everyday Living

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When I Realized I Was Lukewarm

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In 2012, I was in a near-fatal car accident and suffered extensive brain injury as a result. Up till then, I had been working as a family doctor in northwest Indiana, USA, for six years.

When I Was Blinded By Success

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There was a period when I had offered to write almost one article a week to help my ministry team meet deadlines.  Even though my command of English is ordinary, I love relating to God’s Word and began writing a lot of my experiences and thoughts.
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Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury: From “Why Me?” to “Why Not Me?”

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When I was 16, everything in life was going well. I excelled in academics and sports (Judo), and I had a promising future ahead of me. Yet, my triumphant days came to a cruel and abrupt halt on April 20, 2010.

Finding Certainty in the Midst of Uncertainties

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Our twenties are full of uncertainty. I never really realized this until I graduated college, and the structure of my life was disrupted.

I Didn’t Dare to Let Myself Feel Beautiful

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All women desire to feel beautiful. Every day, we see hundreds of advertisements for skincare, make-up, clothes and slimming treatments.
Taking the Initiative Against Depression

Taking the Initiative Against Depression

Arise and eat—1 Kings 19:5

3 Ways to Push Through A Dry Season

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Three years ago, l entered a dry season. Up till then, l had been a private school teacher for 14 years; l had worked 75 hours a week, including on the weekends and during school holidays.

3 Ways To Live A Joy-Filled Life

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For three years, I joined netball as an extra-curricular activity in school. Looking back, that season in life was overshadowed by a deep sense of joylessness.
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How Decluttering Changed My Spiritual Life

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A year ago, before Marie Kondo made her star appearance on Netflix, two books changed my life— Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki and of course, the currently-trending Spark Joy by Marie Kondo.