by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 18, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Community, Death & Grief, Life Issues
We were driving back from Good Friday service this morning when the message came. A good friend’s wife had passed away. She had fought her cancer with courage and faith, surrounded by a family and a church community that fought alongside her. And now we will no longer...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 11, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
This morning, I had to revisit some difficult moments in my history. My darling Bernice and I had been invited by a good friend, Dr Eliza Lian-Ding, to share with a group of seminary students on what we learnt in building a blended family. There was no way we could...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 4, 2014 | 2014, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Mental Illness
Dementia is an irreversible and progressive intellectual disability affecting key functions of daily life and caused by a groups of disease processes… Alzheimer’s disease accounts for two -thirds of cases, and is the best known. (Rosemary Hurtley, Insight...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 14, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, Media, Movies & Television
A good movie should entertain of course, but it should also give the viewer fresh insight into life, and inspire one to want to make a difference. 12 Years a Slave (2013) is such a movie. Although it’s “entertainment” it is hardly a feel-good experience. (And for the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 5, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living
Today is a significant day for a number of reasons. Firstly, today was the day that the Federal Court in Malaysia was to render their verdict on the Allah case. The Catholic publication is appealing against the ruling delivered last October by the Court of Appeal that...