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Kon is a family man with three children in their twenties. He is a non-believer, and we have a close friend who have been witnessing to...

The city of Tacloban was one of the worst areas affected by the super-typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), a category 5 storm that hit the...

In 2005, I was serving as a pastor in a local church in Malaysia and God turned me around 180 degrees from preaching to congregants from...

Song and I have been classmates since Primary One (elementary school). We grew up and attended school in a small town in Peninsula...

Elma and James have been married for a year. To many of their friends, they are a happily married young Christian couple....

Introduction God has given us glimpses of heaven in the Bible to fire up our imagination to envision our future destiny. In this guided...

Michael and Kathy were known to their friends as a loving couple. Michael ran a small shop selling car accessories while his wife did all...

Unhealthy shame is often passed down from one generation to the next and so the transmission of shame is transgenerational. If the...

Richard pastors a medium-sized local Protestant church of some 400 members. He started the church 25 years ago after a group of young...

Charunee is a youth leader in a medium-sized local church in Thailand. At age 24, after coming out to work upon completing her university...

Robert is an itinerant preacher and Bible teacher well sought-after by many churches. At times, he is away from home for a couple of...

The SSC Blog entitled Shame (Part 1): Surfacing from its Hiddenness (accessible at https://www.safespacecom.org/post/shame-part-1-surfaci...

Anne, a final-year university student, is still depressed after seeing a psychiatrist and a student counselor for over one year. Another...

Journal of Spiritual Formation & Soul Care (DOI: 10.1177/19397909221122018) Edmund Ng ​ Formerly a pastor, Dr. Edmund Ng has spent the...

Susie’s only son, a well-built man of 30 years old, was found drowned in the swimming pool of his condominium on a Saturday morning. Her...

Albert has tried to kill himself twice by jumping off his 14th-floor condominium balcony. On both occasions, he said he did not dare to...

Aisha is a typical Asian lady who is extremely shy and overly concerned about “losing face” in front of other people. Although she...

Helen is a housewife who has just lost her mother after the old lady was diagnosed with cancer four months ago. She misses her mum dearly...