by Soo-Inn Tan | May 22, 2020 | 2020, Articles, COVID-19, Life Issues, Relationships, World Issues
A few days ago, I saw a Facebook posting about a wedding I helped conduct in 1998. There was an accompanying picture that showed the couple with me, half my present size and with black hair. I can’t remember the details of that wedding and, though the couple was very...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 8, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Church, Community, COVID-19, World Issues
This past Lunar New Year was special and will remain in my heart for a long, long time. Everyone was back — family from Canada, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. Over great food we swapped stories, teased each other, and shared our struggles — we were family. One...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 1, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
Dear friends, I have decided to use the first ecommentary of each month to update folks about the work of Graceworks. This was supposed to be a breakout year for Graceworks. We had new staff joining us. And we were embarking on a major fund-raising programme to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 24, 2020 | 2020, Articles, COVID-19, Death & Grief, Dependence on God, God, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose, World Issues
A recent article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) suggests that the discomfort we are feeling in the midst of the present Covid virus pandemic is grief. This makes sense since grief is our response to loss and we have lost so much. I am aware that different people...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 10, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Obedience & Faithfulness, Remembrance, Sacrifice, Soo-Inn Tan
Screengrab from YouTube Super spoilers ahead! Don’t read this if you plan to watch the last episode of Picard and haven’t done so. GEORGE TOWN: Former director of the Third World Network and The Star columnist Martin Khor Kok Peng has died. He had been ill for...
