by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 21, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Family, Happiness, Life Issues, Parenting
Like so many important things, parenting is something you learn to do in retrospect, which makes it a wild ride for child and parent as life is lived forward. This means most children have to forgive their parents for their mistakes. Recently I was reminded that there...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 7, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Sometimes, something stares you in the face but you don’t see it till someone points it out to you. It never occurred to me that the Hebrew structuring of a day was night/day rather than day/night. But there it is in the creation account. Genesis 1:31 reads: “God saw...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 4, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Justice, Media, Movies & Television, World Issues
The coolest scene in the movie X-Men: First Class (2011) is when the U.S. and Russian navies try to destroy the mutants. We see this hail of missiles and shells arching towards the mutants (plus one human being). Some of the mutants had just saved humankind’s...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 13, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Solitude & Quiet Time
I conducted an experiment last Tuesday (7th June). I refused to go online till late in the afternoon. It felt good. Was reluctant to go online when I finally did. The reason for the experiment? Something I read in Harvard Business Review recently. (I) always do the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 8, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
I just got back from a retreat with some of my church members. We went to an Indonesian island retreat centre called Telunas. Had a great time except for the second day when I had diarrhoea. No need for a blow by blow description of how that day went for me. As a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 29, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Jesus, Jesus' Second Coming, Obedience & Faithfulness
What were you doing last Saturday (May 21st, 2011)? I spoke at a men’s meeting in the morning, and at a church group in the evening. In between I rushed to finish a paper I was writing for my own church community. A full day. It was only much later that I discovered...
