by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 28, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Christian Living, God, God's Love, Life Issues, Relationships, Solitude & Quiet Time
Do you ever get ambushed by a sense of intense loneliness? Most of our lives are too noisy and too rushed for us to feel anything, much less loneliness. But sometimes we may be suddenly gripped by a sense of intense loneliness. I was, last Saturday, as I was driving...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 21, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Music, Suffering
It was twenty years ago that John Lennon died. On December 8th 1980, Lennon was shot and killed in New York. For many in my generation, this was a defining moment. I had just completed dental school and was starting work. The music of the Beatles played a key role in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 15, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Governance, World Issues
“For a while, it seemed the market had conquered all. Now politics is reasserting itself as a driving force. In Europe, the welfare state is thriving, and partisan furies are again dividing the Mideast.” (Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, Issues 2001 Special...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 9, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Ethics, World Issues
By a vote of 104-40, the lower house of the Dutch Parliament has just passed a new law that permits euthanasia under certain circumstances (Economist, December 2nd – 8th, 2000, p. 61). People over the age of 16 who suffer acute and unremitting pain may now...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 1, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Mental Illness
“The annual cost of depression in America is US$44 billion, as much as coronary heart disease.” (Economist, Vol.349, 8099) What is wrong with this picture? The American economy has been hot for some time. Most Americans can afford to buy the stuff that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 17, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
“I don’t need anyone to tell me. I can find out for myself” – could very well be the motto for the information age. While none will dispute the amount of knowledge now available, at least to those online, romanticism about the information age...
