Stories of Hope

22/06/2025

Once known for being wild, Alice Wong encountered a love so beautiful, it led her to leave behind her lifestyle of partying and drinking.

She received not only hope, but also the power to start afresh.

Spoiler: This same love is available to you too.

18/06/2025

“My mummy told us not to play with you,” said a boy to Damein Cheong when they were 12 years old.

“Those words hit harder than any physical pain I’d ever felt. It wasn’t just rejection – it was humiliation,” writes Damein, now 40.

Eczema wasn’t just a skin condition for him; it was so severe that it felt like a prison.

Who knew that years later – while struggling with Stage Four bile duct cancer in the darkest season of his life – something so unexpected would happen?

Healing came, transforming his skin and how he saw himself and his purpose in life.

“My mummy told us not to play with you,” said a boy my age when I was just 12 years old. Those words hit harder than any physical pain I’d ever felt. It wasn’t just rejection – it was humiliation. All I wanted was to laugh, run around and play like any other kid. But that day, everything c...

11/06/2025

February 21, 2022, was the day Damein Cheong’s world changed in an instant.

He was told he had Stage Four bile duct cancer, a rare type of cancer with no known cure; 95% of bile duct patients d*e within five years.

Doctors told him he had six (or less) to 14 months to live. He was just 38.

“But in the face of d3ath, I also began to see what is important and what is petty in life,” he writes.

To date, Damein has lived three times longer than expected.

TRIGGER WARNING: This story mentions thoughts of death. Reader discretion is advised. “Mr Cheong, you have 12 to 14 months left to live. “If...

08/06/2025

Slim, perfect and gorgeous: We often associate these words with K-pop idols. But are they really the true standard of beauty?

When Cheryl tried to be like them, her diets soon spiralled into a toxic cycle of bingeing and purging.

Read how she broke free from bul*mia and discovered what beauty truly is.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳.𝘴𝘵.

03/06/2025

On June 3, 2025, Han Hongli’s then-husband, who slashed her outside a row of restaurants at Beach Road, was sentenced to 19 years’ jail and eight strokes of the cane.

Read her story that was published in 2022 here.

April 14, 2022. While in the kitchen of the steamboat restaurant where she worked, a colleague informed Han Hongli that there was someone outside looking for her. It turned out to be her husband, whom she was separated from. “The moment I saw him, I knew that was it. Something bad is going to happ...

28/05/2025

As a curious young boy, Timothy Wong liked to open cupboards and drawers to see what was inside.

On a visit to his grandmother’s home, he found soft-core p0rnographic magazines left behind by an adult relative.

“Seeing n*de women in a magazine awakened something in me."

“It was lust. I was hooked.”

It was the start of a s*x addiction over many years. Broken relationships, self-doubt and shame that led to repeat visits to massage parlours and br0thels in Geylang.

Interestingly, it was in the area notorious for its red-light district, where Timothy would discover a healing love and light unlike any other.

As a curious young boy, I liked to open cupboards and drawers to see what was inside them.On a visit to my grandmother’s home, I found not old coins or cosmetics in them, but soft-core pornographic magazines left behind by an adult relative.

25/05/2025

Born blind, Ruth is a living testimony that all things are possible to those who believe and work hard. She graduated with a double degree and is now pursuing her Master's degree. On top of that, Ruth gives English and other lessons to refugee children.

Swipe to be inspired.

18/05/2025

As a young boy, he moved to Australia from China to study. Hudson Kim was all alone and in his teenage years, fell into a lifestyle of dr*gs and alc0hol addiction. It seemed like nothing could save him... until a supernatural encounter changed everything.

14/05/2025

“At the start of this year, my heart suddenly started racing for no clear reason – even while sitting in meetings or seeing patients in the clinic. Later, a gut infection landed me in the emergency department.

“These experiences forced me to confront my own mortality,” writes A/Prof Tan Boon Yeow, CEO of St Luke’s Hospital, "and the importance of recalibrating my physical health."

"It made me ask: Are there areas in my life – personal or professional – that needed recalibration?"

The start of this year was a rather harrowing one for me – health-wise. In early January, I noticed something unusual: My heart would suddenly start racing rapidly without any trigger. It felt as though I were exercising non-stop, even while sitting in meetings or seeing patients in the clinic.

07/05/2025

In 2021, 34-year-old Nicole Leo faced the worst relapse of an autoimmune condition. Her feet had turned black and shrunk to the bone – amputation seemed inevitable.

Having tried many paths to healing, she decided to accept an invitation to ask Jesus into her life when nothing else seemed to help.

While Nicole didn't get the miracle she expected, what she got was a deep, unexplainable peace and joy.

She now also believes that healing isn’t always about fixing the body – the healing of our soul can be an even greater miracle.

I felt like I could not breathe as the nurse unwrapped the bandages on my feet. The darkened areas had turned black and shrunk to the bone overnight. It hit me that amputation may be inevitable. The fear was too great to process, and my mind went blank.

04/05/2025

Since she was young, the only type of touch Jazlyn received was v*olence ... from her own birth mother.

She was stripped naked, chained in the toilet and scalded with boiling water. At 15, she tried to take her own life.

How did she find love and happiness? Swipe to read!