By Rev Dr Forest Koh

Children’s Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the joy and wonder of childhood. It’s also a reminder for us as parents, teachers, and caregivers to reflect on how we nurture and support the growth of our children. In our fast-paced society, where academic achievements often take centre stage, we sometimes forget that children need space - space to breathe, to explore, and to simply be themselves.

I heard children say this, "I need time to chill. Don’t fill my day with work after work. Life isn’t just about study, study, and more study." And they’re right! Children have a natural curiosity and love for learning, but they also need the freedom to choose how and when they learn. When we force them to learn or spoon-feed them with constant information, we risk turning their curiosity into fatigue.

By Rev Dr Forest Koh

How many mooncakes have you eaten so far? Do you celebrate the Mooncake Festival, or do you just enjoy the mooncakes without celebrating because you think it's a pagan festival? While some may see the festival as a time to worship the moon, others view it as a celebration of reunion, family, and togetherness - a moment to reconnect with loved ones. It’s this latter aspect that resonates most deeply with us as believers, offering a beautiful opportunity to love one another, as Jesus commands us to do.

By Rev Dr Forest Koh

There are so many good things happened over the last two months. God used the mental health workshop to teach us how to heal our hurts caused by the people we love dearly. We often don’t know how to deal with these hurts and just set them aside, thinking they will disappear as we continue to be faithful to God. But the hurts never go away on their own.

By Rev Dr Forest Koph

So many good things are happening in our church in June and July. I can never thank God enough for calling and sending over a hundred people on mission trips. This is a remarkable high percentage of our congregation. It’s not about the number of people that excites me, but the missional spirit that God is pouring among us. I have been praying that this spirit will continue for the rest of the year and throughout the lives of the participants. It’s not just a one-week spiritual high that fades away, only to be reignited by another mission trip. I pray that this spirit will continue to grow in our everyday lives and impact our community because being missional is the heartbeat of our missional God.

By Rev Dr Forest Koh

God listens to our prayers! God has been preparing His people to serve Him full-time even before we pray. But it just feels so good to pray and feel like God has listened and responded to our prayers. Qi Heng is the person many have been praying for. Listen to his journey to GPC in his own words:

I have been attending Glory Presbyterian Church since my childhood, where my parents worship and serve in the Chinese congregation. GPC has been a formative community in my life — I learnt about God in Sunday School; many church uncles and aunties saw me grow up; I grew up and served alongside many of my peers in church.

By Rev Dr Forest Koh

I find myself wrestling with tradition and transformation. It's like being in a tug-of-war between the comfort of tradition and the pull of change. Sometimes, it is downright draining, and I am tempted to just drop everything and run away.

But then, I think about Jesus. He was as human as you and me, yet He did not let the stiff traditions of His day pin Him down. He shook things up, showing us a new way to living and believing.