by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 7, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Rest & Busyness
You would probably have guessed by now that we have been on vacation. Sorry we didn’t give a heads up. We were not even sure we were going to take one this year. We struggled with the usual constraints of time and money. We needed the rest. The last few years have...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 3, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
Estimated five-year survival rates for those diagnosed with colorectal cancer with current medical treatment. Stage 1 — 93% Stage 2 — 78% Stage 3 — 64% Stage 4 — 8% A few days ago I received a message from a good friend. She had been diagnosed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 25, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television, Work & Vocation
I am not surprised that the movie, The Three Idiots is the highest grossing movie in India and the highest grossing Indian movie internationally (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Idiots). Bernice saw it a year ago and highly recommended it but busyness and the fact...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 19, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television, Work & Vocation
We watched The Three Idiots last Sunday (June 16, 2013), Father’s Day. We were at our church camp and our usual practice is to view one movie together and comment on what we learned from it. In a nutshell, The Three Idiots is, in spirit, an Indian version of The Dead...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 5, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
I knew I risked exhaustion. But I decided to do it anyway. At a recent retreat for Singaporean Methodist Youth Workers, I offered to meet with as many of the participants one-on-one who wanted to, with whatever time I had between my talks. This usually meant before or...
