The Cathedral Podcast: Recent Episodes
St Andrew's Cathedral Singapore
How shall we navigate our differences and disagreements? When is it diversity, and how can we seek reconciliation? We speak with Dr Gordon Smith on these subjects he’s written about.
From youth pastor to missions leader, Joseph helps us see how mission involves three strands, and the challenges ahead as we pass the baton.
Pastor Edmund and mortician Daniel discuss the Christian view of death and practical thoughts on the journey of dying, suicide and bereavement.
Anthony and Lin Ho demystify Spiritual Direction and helps us see its place in a Christians’ journey of maturation.
How do we plan responsibly and with faith? Cheryl Chung, who helps organisations plan, discusses this seeming condundrum.
The news feels old and overwhelming. How do we read, make sense and respond? Revd Daniel Wee joins us to explore this.
Denominations sometimes appear to suggest disunity. We ask church historian Dr Violet James to help us understand how it all came about, and where it may be headed.
Why research when we have faith? Adrian Chan shares his training and experience from leadership development and church eldership.
Jennifer Heng shares both the pain and the plain-speak about a topic we rarely discuss.
Nathanael Goh discusses why working for the greater good of society is a unique Christian calling.
Banker Timothy Wong discusses how his faith informs and inspires his work in the financial industry.
Pastor Ian Toh helps us see how affirming life is a powerful lens to understand the Gospel and church.
The work of missions has changed. Christy and Lawrence’s robust repartee helps us stretch our thinking.
Bishop Gordon Wong discusses the unique nature and the vision of spiritual leadership and its outworkings.
Bishop Rennis Ponniah shares how the church can mature through the storms and be ready for a whole new future.
Are there important things all parents cannot fail in or neglect? Dr Eliza Lian-Ding helps us answer this critical question.
Friends Jonathan and Leonard draw from their adventures and personal growth as fresh grads to discuss poetry, meaning, and outreach.
Catch the contagious delight of Biblical lecturer Wen Pin as he helps us understand how to enjoy the Bible.
Marilyn McEntyre shares how the erosion of language impacts faith and life, and we consider ways we can respond and reclaim this unique human capacity.
Wen Pin and Shereena help us understand disability and how to respond in a mature way with their personal stories and advocacy work.
Dr Roland Chia helps us understand the doctrine of God’s constancy and its importance for our faith and life.
Far from a dusty archaic first half, Dr Peter Ho helps us appreciate how crucial knowing the Old Testament is to proper faith formation.
Pastoral consultant Philip Huan helps us understand what church health is and why it is so crucial to us organically and organisationally.
Jenni shares her personal and pastoral journey of the life-transforming value of cultivating silence as a spiritual discipline.
Advocate and mom Dawn Fung shares her heart for the need to have a strong view of education and the urgent need to reclaim it.
Theologian Dr Edmund and his brother, Pastor Raymond Fong share why it is important how we see the end and some difficulties we must grapple with.
A loving banter with Quek Shiwei and Joanne Kwok on labels, definitions, biblical vision and the part brothers can play to help the gals out.
Carol Loi discusses the urgency of helping our children navigate a new world online, and how to go about it.
We discuss both the opportunity, dangers and safeguards needed about being online with youth pastor and social influencer Isaac Ong.
With increasing incidence, we talk to psychiatrist Dr Raja Velloo about the factors related to mental wellness and explore how the church can help.
More than a popular theological idea, Rev Timothy Khoo shares how raw and real grace really is through his story of personal redemption.
A discussion with Aaron Lee on whether technology is a threat to humans and how we can respond.
How should we think about technology and use it wisely? Aaron Lee dissects this subject for us.
Bryan Shen shares insights from personal and professional experience about the complexities of gender identity struggles.
How can we understand this phenomenon, resist its allure and mitigate its effects? Raphael Zhang helps us with these questions and more.
Honest and insightful sharing from Wendy Wong on how illness led her on an unconventional path and towards a wholeness and depth she was surprised by.
The Faith-Life Team shares their observations about the pandemic and their hopes for what fruit it may yield.
We feel the loss through Covid-19. Soo Inn and Bernice of Graceworks helps us understand why friendship is so essential.
We are creatures of feeling, and often find ourselves surprised by our emotions. Jenni shares her personal and pastoral insights on managing and maturing our emotions.
Scientist Benjamin and Ps Kuo Yong help us to see why caring for creation is a part of a Christian’s calling.
In this time of post-truth, how can we look to the Bible as an authority? One time lawyer and policy adviser Max Jeganathan discusses legitimacy and our real struggles in submitting to the Bible.
Lawyer Ronald JJ Wong helps us understand what social justice is and why it is so critical to our faith and how we can work towards it.
Staying at Home in Holy Week - A Conversation with Two Vicars, Revd Daniel Wee and Canon Terry Wong, recorded just before PM's speech on 3rd April
This convo with Edric Sng, editor of thir.st and Salt and Light about the online world is even more pertinent in view of Covid-19, though here we focus on the next gen who are digital natives.
Work has a bad rep. Should we see it differently? Marketplace advocate Timothy Liu discusses the value and significance of work from a faith perspective.
Surely God does not want us to be sick? Rev Wong Tak Meng guides us pastorally and Scripturally to learn how to view and go through sickness, individually and as a church.
Can observing Lent transform your life? Pastor Ian Chew and theological student Gabriel Tan help us with the origins, purpose, and power of the forty-day season that culminates with the Resurrection.
What is family? With three boys of their own, Joseph and Li Ping Gan share how they were led to foster two more. Hear their journey of conviction, preparation and how the church helped.
Just how many, how diverse, and how united is the Singapore church? We talk with Ng Zhiwen, a local mission-enabler who has spent nearly a decade finding out just that.
Faith starts off as a seed. Prof Lawrence Chia shares insights from his eventful life to show us how faith grows, deepens and creatively responds to life’s realities.
Potters Kenneth and Huiwen, founders of Asobi Studio share the contours of their journey to step away from the mainstream to pursue life-giving joy and a simpler life built around core values.
Nearly a quarter-million maids work in Singapore. James Quek helps us look deeper at this social and economic reality to see the lives of these women, and what we can do to honour their humanity and work.
We get real about social justice with two movement leaders, Eugene Seow and Dr Goh Wei Leong. Hear their journeys, stories and hard truths about meeting real needs often gone unnoticed and unmet.
What do you do when you don’t fit in? Dr Dominique Phang, a mother of two, and Aaron Chan, help us understand how church can be more inclusive, more Ohana.
Drawing from Scripture, theology and experience, Pastor and Interfaith activist Rev Malcolm Tan discusses how we can have a robust faith and a peaceable witness living in a society as diverse as Singapore.
Chong Ee Jay and Constance Fourie help us understand what sexual brokenness is, why it’s shrouded in shame and how we can get honest, be more empathetic and journey together towards hope.
Elvin and Esther Foong talk about God’s call to inspire and resource fellow Christian parents to be intentional about the spiritual formation of their children. Listen out for their happy original song too.
What began as dull work grew into a vision as Anil David dreamt of a better future for his fellow inmates. Joined by his manager in the women’s prison, Gina Tan, they inspire us that work brings dignity, and faith can be ground-breaking.
Humans long for intimate connection, and nowhere is this more evident than in marriage. Husband-wife team Gary and Joanna Koh share candidly the trials and triumphs of building sexual intimacy in marriage.
Cru creative strategist Simon Seow introduces us to a different kind of hacking – using technology to solve missional challenges and spur online spiritual engagement and discipleship.
Regina Wong opens our minds and hearts regarding a group we rarely talk about in Singapore, the homeless. Her story encounters and insights give us much food for thought and cause for action.
The Bible uses the idea of citizenship for both our commitment to Christ as well as our contribution to national life. Rev Dr Chiang Ming Shun, Church History lecturer discusses the latter with some help from his favourite fantasy author Terry Pratchett.
The Cathedral bells are going to ring again! Andrew Reynolds and Vivien Chen let us in on the history, spiritual significance and little known technical facts about the bells.
A broad and instructive conversation with Vicar Terry Wong on Spiritual leadership, the Cathedral as a living monument and challenges in Christian discipleship today.
Jillian Lee, Pei Lee and host Jenni Ho-Huan chat about the importance of exercising our minds in our faith, the metanarrative we all need, and do a live think-through on the knotty subject of having children today.
Katharyn Peh, arts enthusiast and mobiliser talks about her journey into the world of Art, the challenges artists face today, how art opens us up to truth, and having fruitful art experiences and expressions.
A broad conversation with lawyer-poet Aaron Lee about art, biblical imagination, local works, poetry and faith. Listen for a treat as he reads Just Some Found Words, a poem on truth, love and beauty.
Do we truly believe that God made each life unique and purposeful? Jasmine Goh, special kids volunteer and parents Gerald and Anne Png share their experiences and insights to help us empathise and enter the world of special children.
Family life is always a challenge. Jason Wong weighs in with his varied experiences leading The Yellow Ribbon Project and Dads for Life on why this is so, and the central shift required for all families to thrive.
Revd Hambali and pastoral staff Crystal Hong share on their very different faith journeys, and their work with the next-gen that is seeking and sharing God’s reality in fresh ways.
Nature or Nurture? Social scientist Dr Desiree Phua shares her ongoing discovery about how Science and Faith meet and conflict in her academic and professional journey.
Cathedral member Keith Leong, trained in religion and science, shares with Pei Lee and Jenni insights on how and why we tend to think Science contradicts Faith, and how they can get along.
Faith journeys have common and unique elements. Sr Pastor Chris Chia of Adam Rd Presbyterian Church shares how his began at a rally, and led to the pulpit.
Celebration of Hope will have touches from other cultures in their rallies. Pastors Chern Hock Chye, Samuel Gift and Jun Undag share in this multilingual chat with a musical surprise!
Philip Ng, among Singapore’s wealthiest, shares how his faith journey shapes his views and convictions, and the movement - personal and corporate - from transaction to Grace.
Pastor and Ethicist, Nathanael Goh shares how Premier League Football, Thomas Aquinas and our daily choices involve ethics and how our faith calls us to a joyful vision and a responsible moral journey.
Hear the journey, the theology and the heart behind the Celebration of Hope from Bishop Rennis Ponniah and Revd Tony Yeo and get ready to hop on board!
A raw and honest conversation with Judith about how life is a tapestry of pain, mystery and healing – wading through the debris of 9/11, life-threatening surgery and Post Traumatic Stress.
Faith can feel like something we do on weekends in church, separate from life. Our Vicar, Terry Wong introduces the Faith-life Integration track, the team and this podcast.