by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 28, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Life Issues, Mental Illness
Last weekend, Bernice and I had the privilege to minister at a camp for college and university students from the Petaling Jaya Evangelical Free Church. This was a group of bright people, most of whom took their faith seriously. We had no doubts that from them would...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 21, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Family, Happiness, Life Issues, Parenting
Like so many important things, parenting is something you learn to do in retrospect, which makes it a wild ride for child and parent as life is lived forward. This means most children have to forgive their parents for their mistakes. Recently I was reminded that there...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 7, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Sometimes, something stares you in the face but you don’t see it till someone points it out to you. It never occurred to me that the Hebrew structuring of a day was night/day rather than day/night. But there it is in the creation account. Genesis 1:31 reads: “God saw...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 4, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Justice, Media, Movies & Television, World Issues
The coolest scene in the movie X-Men: First Class (2011) is when the U.S. and Russian navies try to destroy the mutants. We see this hail of missiles and shells arching towards the mutants (plus one human being). Some of the mutants had just saved humankind’s...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 13, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Solitude & Quiet Time
I conducted an experiment last Tuesday (7th June). I refused to go online till late in the afternoon. It felt good. Was reluctant to go online when I finally did. The reason for the experiment? Something I read in Harvard Business Review recently. (I) always do the...
