by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 17, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I love visiting North America in the fall. I love the fall colours. My cousin was in between chemotherapy rounds and insisted on driving us out into the country to do some apple picking. In half an hour we were in an orchard outside of Toronto. It was a cloudy day....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 1, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
My church was very kind. I applied for no pay leave for October and they agreed. There were two key events in October and I had to be away. First, I have to be in Penang to celebrate my mother’s 80th birthday. And tonight (September 30), Bernice and I travel to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 28, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus
My birth certificate is a yellowing document, frayed at the edges. But the vital information it contains is still legible and clear. Among other things, it shows clearly the exact date and time I was born. I have no equivalent document for my spiritual birth. I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 21, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
There was a time when I was gripped with a desire to go to Oxford University to pursue doctoral studies. I was finishing my masters at Regent College and seriously considered moving on to Oxford for the next stage of my formal education. Now I am no scholar. (I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
He was 29. He worked for one of the Big Four accounting firms. He was successful. And he was leaving work past midnight most nights. With limited time for his wife and his church community he knew that something was wrong. But he was too tired to reflect as to what he...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 6, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
“But faith goes up and down doesn’t it?” I was encouraging a young friend to consider water baptism. Her first query concerned her faith or the apparent fluctuation of her faith. It was a good question and I tried to help her understand the...
