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A wide green field of crops beneath open sky2 Samuel 28 Aug 2026 3 min read The Field Worth DefendingThere was a season at the URA café when correction came like a blade. Feelings were hurt, and nobody dared...Read A dark, empty prison hallway with cell doors standing openDevotions 27 Aug 2026 3 min read The Tenant Who Never LeftIn 2014 I opened my flat to friends who were using, and the habit that walked in through my own...Read Old stone building on a hillside, lit by the low light of sunsetAmos 25 Aug 2026 4 min read I Will Keep Mine Eyes Upon ThemWhen we were children we played hide and seek, and believed that if we could not see our parents, our...Read A calm sea at dawn beneath a pink and blue skyDevotion 24 Aug 2026 3 min read Still Before The SeaI began The Caffeine Academy with almost nothing, and I was afraid the entire time. Moses handed Israel no sword...Read A large body of water stretching out beneath a wide, cloudy skyDevotions 22 Aug 2026 4 min read Wider Than My RecordOne bankruptcy. Two divorces. Three seasons lost to addiction. Four times behind the gates at Changi. Paul prayed from a...Read Steam rising from an espresso machine group head in a dimly lit café before service — the unseen, ordinary work of ministry2 Timothy 21 Aug 2026 3 min read The Unrecorded SermonA speech to fourteen hundred students got recorded. Most of the ministry never will be. A reflection on 2 Timothy...Read A lone tree on a grass slope at dusk beside a Singapore roadside shelter, graded in deep navy and teal — a solitary place to come away and restBrewing Coffee & Second Chances 18 Aug 2026 3 min read Rest A WhileI finish one task and find six more waiting. Jesus did not scold the disciples for being tired — He...Read A wide field of dry golden grass under morning lightCrossroads 14 Aug 2026 5 min read The Sower Scatters AnywaySome mornings I wonder whether I am the seed that fell among the rocks. Then I remember the parable is...Read A dirt road disappearing into fog in the middle of a forestActs 13 Aug 2026 3 min read Led By The HandThe Academy is His idea, yet I cannot see the next step.Read First light breaking over a horizon at sunrise 10 Aug 2026 3 min read Nothing Left But MercyPhoto by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Lamentations 3:19–26 KJV — "The LORD is good unto them that wait for him,...Read Powerful sea waves rolling beneath an open skydevotion 28 Jul 2026 3 min read Mightier Than the WatersPhoto by Silas Baisch on Unsplash Psalm 93:4 KJV — "The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of...Read Two people holding coffee mugs, deep in unhurried conversationanger 27 Jul 2026 2 min read Quick to Hear, Slow to SpeakJames 1:19–21 KJV — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to...Read