by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 27, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
Met up with some old friends when I was back in Penang for the Lunar New Year. I have known LS since our pre-university days (1972–1973). I have known her husband, JC, since Standard One (Primary One). That means I have known JC for more than half a century. He...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 19, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Governance, World Issues
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 11, 2013 | 2013, Articles, God, God's Love, Jesus, Jesus' Life
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 4, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
[Warning: Spoilers ahead. You may want to watch the movie The Hobbit (2012) before reading this.] You know The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) may be a movie in trouble when the character you find most “real” is a CGI character. All kudos to Andy Serkis who...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 21, 2013 | 2013, Afterlife, Articles, Life Issues
I first saw Les Misérables, the musical, in Singapore in 1996. Saw the movie recently. My favourite scene: When Marius sings “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables”. Really hit me hard, especially in 1996, because of the losses I was struggling with in my own life. Second...