by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 17, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
There are places you associate with different chapters in your life. The 1 Utama Shopping Mall in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, is one I will always associate with a very difficult chapter in mine. It was a time when it was just the three of us: me and sons...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 10, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Unity, Church, Family
When people ask us how many children we have, we say “4” but we quickly go on to explain that it is a “2 + 2” situation before they get an exaggerated view of our fertility. Bernice and I have two children each from our first spouses. We lost our first spouses to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 3, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
“I am not sure your preaching style would work in Singapore.” I had just preached in a church in Malaysia. Apparently the sermon had gone down well. (My personal policy is to withhold any judgement as to the effectiveness of anything I do till I see Jesus.) One of the...
by Bernice Lee | Jul 31, 2012 | 2012, Afterlife, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
Our youngest son is home for the summer holidays and, as has been the practice in years past, he had his high school classmates over for a meal. As many as were able to turned up for food, fun and fellowship. The gauche and less-than-confident schoolboys of 4C1,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 20, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 13, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
In a few weeks I will be leading a workshop at a Counselling Conference. The topic of my workshop? The Wounded Healer: The Blessings of Brokenness. Perhaps it is a counselling seminar so dealing with pain is a given. There are still some in the Christian community,...
