by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 17, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents
The last three things I did for my father while he was alive were these: I gave him a shave (with an electric shaver). I helped to exercise his right arm (someone else did the left). I kissed him. Of course when I did those things I had no idea that they would be the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 10, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
There are one or two pluses about being a widower. One key one is having the privilege of being able to walk with other widowers in their grief — assuming that your life doesn’t fall apart the first few years after the death of your wife, that is. I was on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 8, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Everyday for the last few months, I have received ads in my email inbox that pushed products guaranteed to lengthen my penis. At first I was perplexed. Did somebody know something about my dimensions that I wasn’t aware of? I was relieved to find out that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 30, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Once a year the glitterati of U.S. television gather to honour their own. Known as the Emmys, this year’s award ceremony was the 55th. You’ve seen one Emmy you’ve seen them all. Yet there was something a bit different about this year’s Emmys....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 22, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Life Issues, Preaching & Teaching, Relationships
It was a short email. All it said was: “Dear Soo-Inn, Thank you for walking with us.” It was the subject of the email that made it special. It read: “The Emmaus Road”. The email came from one of the students in my preaching class. This was the...
