by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 14, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
Let me confess up front. I haven’t a clue as to how Neo, the Oracle, and the machines combined to defeat Agent Smith. But I still enjoyed “Matrix Revolutions”(M3) more than its predecessor. Why? Because the movie focused on people: People who loved....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 8, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Leadership
One argument frequently heard in the defence of ordaining practising gays as church leaders, is the comparison of the gay leadership issue with the issue of women in church leadership. The argument is simple. Just as the world-wide church is slowly accepting women in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 31, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Death, Media, Movies & Television
The Oct 20th 2003 issue of Newsweek International mentions two movies. A small column on page 8 discusses “The Passion”, Mel Gibson’s “traditional Roman Catholic portrayal of the death of Jesus?” In his article, Sean Smith notes that the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 24, 2003 | 2003, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty
I took part in a play only once in my life. In my second year in university I played Earnest in “The Importance Of Being Earnest.” I thought our best performance was the full-dress rehearsal. We were a little tense on the night of the actual performance....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 17, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents
The last three things I did for my father while he was alive were these: I gave him a shave (with an electric shaver). I helped to exercise his right arm (someone else did the left). I kissed him. Of course when I did those things I had no idea that they would be the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 10, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
There are one or two pluses about being a widower. One key one is having the privilege of being able to walk with other widowers in their grief — assuming that your life doesn’t fall apart the first few years after the death of your wife, that is. I was on...
