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We are all familiar with this Bible verse, or should be, for it is one of the seminal verses undergirding the Christian Church: "And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42). "

When Yong-en Care Centre was set up in 1996, it served the flats around Chin Swee Road, Jalan Kukoh, Everton Park and Kreta Ayer Road. These were residential sites that typically had more elderly residents, and the majority of Yong- en's activities revolved around assisting people in this age group.

In the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy's (LKYSPP) inaugural street count of homeless people in Singapore in 2019, it revealed between 921 and 1,050 street homeless across the island.

Initially labelled as lazy in school because of her poor grades, Emily Yap felt indignant and hurt by her teachers' insensitive comments. Her teachers did not know how hard she was working at home, or of the frustration she faced when she could not attain the grades she felt she deserved.

As I write this, my elderly mother is in hospital again. There are purple bruises on the back of her hands and crook of her elbows, where needles and cannulas attempted to seek a viable vein. Once more, I was confronted by my own mortality.

“Congratulations, Grandpa Ho. Welcome to the club!” With these well-wishes from brothers- and sisters-in-Christ, I was pleasantly inducted into the grandparents' club on the day my granddaughter was born last year. My wife and I had long been awaiting this day. As a family, we were overjoyed, to say the least.

It's still early days in my parenthood journey, but I feel like God has filled the first year with so many teaching moments. Through my experiences and the wisdom of mummy friends, here are five lessons I've learnt. Fathers, I hope that this will help you understand what your wife, a new mother, is going through.

If you look at Rev Prof David Wilkinson's CV, the first thing that strikes you is that he is both a scientist and a Methodist theologian. Many Methodist pastors have had very different careers before becoming pastors, but for Rev Prof Wilkinson, the change in career trajectory came immediately after he had obtained his PhD in astrophysics from Durham University in the United Kingdom.

There are no easy answers as to why some children have behavioural issues such as school withdrawal, low moods, angry outbursts, anxiety and fears. We can start to understand them if we ask the question, “What unmet psychological needs could be driving these behaviours?” The idea of psychological needs is not new. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we learn that human beings are motivated to get these needs met—the physiological needs of rest, food, safety and shelter, and at higher levels the psychological needs of love, acceptance, belonging and esteem.

In Matthew 6:33, Jesus tells us "… seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you". Giving priority to God can take place in many aspects of our lives. How do we translate it to our daily work?

29 September, 2010. That was the day I realised I was burned out. As a young Christian undergraduate, I thought that I was immune to burnout. After all, wasn't I doing everything "right" by serving in multiple church and campus ministries every week?

Anyone who has served in a church ministry is likely to be able to share an anecdote or two about some misunderstanding or conflict that arose between members belonging to different generations. “That’s life!”, you may sigh, but instead of resigning ourselves to it, we have undertaken The Generations Project in the hope that our research can help to facilitate greater empathy through a deeper understanding of each generation.