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Stephanie Yao

Press Services International

Stephanie enjoys simple living, admiring nature’s beauty and intricacy, and playing the piano. She is particularly passionate about empowering the vulnerable. Writing is her way of processing thoughts and feelings to understand herself, God and the world in a deeper and more meaningful way.

  • Believing in his promises

    The last few years of the pandemic have shaken our thinking to consider if what we have in mind for the future is possible. Will we be able to travel locally, let alone internationally? Will we be employed after we finish our studies?

  • Groups are overrated

    As people are created from relationships and for relationships, it only makes sense for us to want to live with other people.

  • Meet me in Galilee

    This was the place Jesus started his ministry. As he walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw fishermen casting their nets. Jesus called out to these men and gave them a new calling in life – to be fishers of men.

  • Welcome home, Jesus

    Every year, the Jews would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of the Passover. This temple in Jerusalem was the central place of worship.

  • I stopped going to church

    I think we can all agree that online church is not the same as attending church in person. Corporate worship turns into a small family gathering while hearing God’s word feels like a university lecture.

  • It’s still Christmas

    The best season of the yearCarols are playing a month beforehand. Shopping lists and travel plans are made weeks in ...

  • To my fellow nurses,

    Thank you for all your commitment and hard work in nursing. For I know this is more than just a job, this is who we are. It is our passion and desire to love, care, and serve.

  • Giving away my two copper coins

    What happened in Mark chapter 12, verses 41 and 42 was not a parable. It took place 2000 years ago, and it still happens today.

  • Make your words count

    Sometimes we may not intentionally think about the words we say aloud and the ones we mentally tell ourselves. The hurting words we wish never left our mouths and the encouragement we desperately desire.

  • How will this be?

    Imagine our lives plotted on a line graph with the x and y-axis labelled time and unforeseen events respectively. Without a doubt, the curve goes up and down across our lifetimes. But there is also this time when the curve gradually falls and plateaus.