by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
Job’s friends often receive bad press. When we hear the term it conjures up a picture of well meaning people who in their desire to help actually cause more hurt. To their credit, Job’s friends sat with him for seven days before venturing to speak...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2001 | 2001, Apologetics, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
In an article entitled “Religion and the Brain” (Newsweek,May 14, 2001, International Edition), Sharon Begley surveys the growing field of ‘Neurotheology’, the study of the biological basis for spirituality. Her article mentions among other...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 10, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
“We all need someone higher, wiser, older to tell us we are not crazy after all, that what we are doing is all right. All right, hell, fine!” The late Ray Bradbury wrote the above in an essay entitled ‘Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle.’ In it...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 3, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment, Rest & Busyness
“My name is Soo Inn. I am an info junkie.” When my internet service provider (ISP) is down I manifest cold turkey symptoms. I call the ISP office demanding to know when they will be back online. I back up my main ISP with two more ISPs. I know precisely...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 26, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
We first met 17 years ago. I was in the middle of my theological studies at Regent College. They were starting their programme. I was from Malaysia. They were a Singaporean couple. Somehow we hit it off. We became friends. Through the years our pilgrimages took us to...