by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 23, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Dependence on God, Evangelism, God
At the last CMDF (Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship) dinner, something interesting happened. A guest, who was not a follower of Jesus, decided to be one. What is more interesting is why? The theme of the evening was “Good News for Bruised Reeds”, and the invited...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 16, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Books, Media, Movies & Television
One shouldn’t be surprised when one hears that a 95-year-old man has passed away, but there are certain bigger-than-life persons whose death will always surprise you. I was surprised to hear about the death of Stan Lee, one of the founders of Marvel comics and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I am writing this at 10.53pm on a Thursday evening. I am tired and sleepy but I need to get this done because we send out this weekly ecommentary every Friday. I seriously doubt that I can write this tomorrow because tomorrow will be a full day. As was today. Many...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 26, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Articles, Death & Grief, Meaning & Purpose, Remembrance
If the measure of a man’s greatness is not the amount of money in his account when he dies, but the number of lives he has touched, Eugene Peterson, who died on Oct 22 at 85, was a great man. The moment it was known that he had passed on, social media exploded...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 19, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Life Issues
This past Tuesday Bernice and I went up to Penang for an early celebration of my mum’s 91st birthday. My sis and family came up from KL for the celebration too. When we reached Penang we were alarmed to discover that my mum had had a bad fall about a week...
