desert odyssey

01/02/2026

In the past few months, 2 of our desert odyssey sojourners have been featured for the incredible work they do in prisons and beyond.

Please allow me to share their stories as a way to inspire us that seen or unseen, we give the best of ourselves first to ourselves, and then to others.

Christine Tan (Awful Grace) brings healing and artistic expression to incarcerated individuals through pottery and art workshops, helping them address trauma...

01/02/2026

This is the second sojourner who is making a difference. So many who've been through what Adeline has, struggle with the effects of abandonment, in her case by both parents early on in her life.

Yet, she reached out in forgiveness and love to her mother and now pays it forward!

Discover Adeline Wong's journey after learning her father was executed for drug trafficking, and how she now helps others affected by crime. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

22/12/2025

The Bright Darkness of Faith Leave a comment December 22, 2025 desert-odyssey This was a message delivered at St George’s Church, Singapore on December 21st, 2025 on the 4th Sunday of Advent “The seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany offer their own distinctive invitation to trust this work...

16/12/2025

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15/11/2025

Compassionate care should be a given and in some ways synonymous. Increasingly, it's been delinked in a fast paced world that values calculated efficiency over compassionate empathy. Honoured to be part of this important initiative.