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Mental Health in the Bible: Voices of Hope
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Hear from Viola about how her love affair with cats began when a pregnant stray cat entered into her friend’s property, why cats make the best companions, and what her cats, Luna and Sniper, have been teaching her about God’s love for us.
Learning Courage in the Face of Suffering
This ANZAC Day, I reflect on a story that’s woven into my own family’s history. Like all families, we too carry history of personal stories and experiences of those harrowing times.
Two Battles I Face Every Day: Sleeping and Staying Awake
I face two battles every day of my life: the battle to sleep and the battle to stay awake.
Lost Between Two Worlds
Whatever were gains to me I now consider loss. . . (Philippians 3:7-8)
If believing in Jesus hasn’t made your life better, at least in the way you think it should’ve, could it be. . . that you haven’t fully understood what you’ve gained?
4 Misconceptions About Following Jesus
Sometimes the way we view Christian living can turn into a drag, like having a long list of things you know you should do but aren't doing well or enough, so you're constantly struggling (failing) to "live up to expectations".
5 Signs God is at Work in Your Life | YMI
Whatever you may be going through, there’s no safer place to be than in the hands of God. He’s still working in your life, and He's holding the whole world—and yours—in His hands.
3 Ways We Can Pray Amidst a Horrific Tragedy
This news has shaken my nation to the core as Singapore schools are known to be safe places. As a mother with a young school-going boy, I was dumbfounded and devastated. How could such a thing happen in my country, one of the safest places in the world?
A Father Reflects on a School Tragedy
I do my best to hug, kiss, and remind my kids that I love them every day. Eventually, there will come a day when it will be the last time that I get to do so.
Deaths always feel shocking and unnatural. When it happens to young children, in a place where they are supposed to feel safe, it feels even more confounding and heartbreaking.
What If Christianity Isn’t Working for Me?
Hey friend, let me just start off by saying that I know how you feel. There could be a spectrum of reasons why being a Christian might feel irrelevant, or just an obligation at best.
Or maybe you’ve become too accustomed to the comforts of living in the 21st century, having every need met and every desire satisfied with just a click of a button.
In both extremes, the cry of the heart can be surprisingly similar—"Why bother with God?”