by Ames Chen | Nov 14, 2025 | 2025, Christian Identity, God's Glory, God's Grace, Worship
This month, I had to be in Korea for my cousin's wedding, and some of my friends asked if I was going to do any fillers. (I didn’t!) Whatever I got done on my face—cheek filler, nose filler, jaw filler or the like—would merely be temporary. As...
by Wei-Hao Ho | Nov 7, 2025 | 2025, Rest & Busyness
I recently finished reading a very interesting book: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer. In one of the chapters, “The Secret of the Easy Yoke”, he makes a reference to Matthew 11:28–30: “Come to me, all you who are weary and...
by David Wong | Oct 31, 2025 | 2025, Happiness, Preaching & Teaching
I was teaching recently at a seminar in Indonesia. As usual, I tried to break the ice by beginning with a humorous story. No one laughed. Except maybe my interpreter. Later, I asked why. “You are a pastor,” I was told, “Pastors are supposed to be...
by Sharyn Ng | Oct 23, 2025 | 2025, Church, Loneliness, Loving Others
The COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared by the World Health Organization in early 2020. [1] The suspending or limiting of activities not only brought panic and anger, but also highlighted the sense of loneliness and alienation that many people felt. Catholic...
by Bernice Lee | Oct 17, 2025 | 2025, Books, Church, Suffering
In preparation for our upcoming Sexual Assault Conference, I thought I would do well to revisit all that we had packed into the 344 pages of the book we published in 2023 on this very topic of Sexual Assault in the Church. I was humbled by the honesty of the...
by Sharyn Ng | Oct 10, 2025 | 2025, God's Glory, Worship
What does true worship look like? Often, this verse comes to mind when I think about worship: “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:24). But what does it mean, and how do we worship God in spirit and truth? A...
