by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 14, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Dependence on God, God, Prayer
He came up to me tentatively and asked: “Would you mind if a novice prayed for you?” He was young and young in the faith. A college student, he couldn’t have been a Christian for more than a year. It was the first Sunday at church. Every first Sunday...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 3, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living
I wish time were arranged like the tracks on a music CD. When you finished listening to one track there would be a few minutes of silence before the next track begins to play. I wish there was a buffer between the years. Just a little time to mark the passing of 2002...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 27, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Remembrance
How was your Christmas? I spent mine nursing a migraine headache. (Yes, I did go for Christmas service.) The headache wasn’t surprising. Here are some of the highlights of my last three weeks: *My two boys took turns to get bad throat infections. *I drove to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 20, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Family, God, God's Word, Parenting
No. 1 son (16 going on 17) wants two things for Christmas. First he wants a Discman, a portable CD player. Nothing special here. Every teenager functions with a constant soundtrack. His second request blew me away. He wants me to do bible study with him. He made it...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 13, 2002 | 2002, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
The one question that most of us avoid is this: “When will we die?” Most of us are part of this universal denial. We live as though we will live forever. Barring the second coming of Jesus to wrap up time and space, and He has taken much longer than any of...
