by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 5, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Mentoring, Movies & Television
Finally got round to watching ‘School Of Rock’ (movie). I was feeling a bit under the weather, recovering from a mild viral infection. So, to pick up my spirits, I: a) prayed; b) fasted; c) read scripture; d) went out and got a DVD. No prizes for those who...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 25, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Christian Living, Family, Growth, Parenting
“Dad, what does it mean to be emotionally healthy?”, Andrew, no. 2 son asked me. I was giving him a ride to a tuition class and was giving him one of my standard spiels about balanced development. As I periodically tell my sons, “you gotta grow, not...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 20, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
The apostle Paul received his call to ministry on the road to Damascus. I received mine in the Song River Cafe (Gurney Drive, Penang, Malaysia). I was having supper with some church friends after Wednesday night prayer meeting. (Baptists are specialists in prayer and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 13, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I was chatting with a dentist over the weekend. We were at a church camp where I was one of the speakers. I guess it’s not everyday that you discover that your camp speaker is also a dentist, albeit one who last touched a pair of forceps in 1981. She asked me...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 6, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
It was really embarrassing. When we came out of the movie theatre after watching ‘Schindler’s List’, my date showed me her hand. It was the hand I held throughout the movie. And it was all red, swollen from the pressure I had put on it....
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 28, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I was a singer in a rock and roll band. We were called the Keviians and we were the resident band of the King Edward 7th Residential College, University of Singapore. We played at the College hops but I suspect we were all in the band because we liked what we were...
