by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 11, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Relationships
She would probably protest. But I would still do it. I would still include her in my list of heroes. At the peak of her career she decided that it was time to get out. Her decision must have looked like career suicide to some. But she took her cues from within. And...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 5, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
I wasn’t sure I would see them again this side of heaven. I really wanted to. These two couples loomed like giants in my life. They were four key mentors who shaped my life decisively. I owed them big time. But they were retired. One couple lived in the US. The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 29, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness
Ever heard of Shiphrah and Puah? You should. They get my vote for Christian role models for the new millennium. In case you were sleeping in Sunday School, Shiphrah and Puah were the Hebrew midwives mentioned in Exodus Chapter 1. Talk about an impossible choice. They...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 19, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness, Rest & Busyness
The introductory blurb sounded very promising. As her lead-in to her article, “The Art of Multitasking”, (FAST COMPANY October 2002), Alison Overholt writes: “Feeling overworked? Overwhelmed? The dirty little secret of the slow-growth economy is that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 13, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Suffering, Violence, World Issues
I lost a wife to lung cancer. After been touched by pain and tragedy I can never again be glib about the pain of others. On the anniversary of September 11th I look afresh at the impossible pictures. It is too much. The pain represented there is way too much for me to...
