by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 17, 2025 | 2025, Afterlife, Aging, Death & Grief, Jesus' Death
Sometimes I think of a dear friend and it hits me afresh that that friend has passed away. Although we know that in the end death comes to all of us, it’s not a truth that we really “know”. We live as though we will live forever unless a debilitating...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 11, 2025 | 2025, Books, God's Word
Too busy to read books? Maybe that’s why you should. Most of us can empathise with Hugh McGuire when he writes: … I found myself drowning in a flood of easy information. The internet — and all the lovely things on it … — provides...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 28, 2025 | 2025, Dependence on God, Loving Others, Work & Vocation
I was in an online prayer meeting with a group of Christian psychiatrists recently. They shared about difficult cases they were facing. Many shared about how they had done everything possible medically yet there was no breakthrough. Sometimes, attempts to treat...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 22, 2025 | 2025, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
I was about to email Laurel Gasque to request an endorsement for a book on spiritual mentoring I am writing. But before I could, I received the following news from Susan, a common friend. A few hours ago Michelle Gasque went to visit her mother (her “mum”...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 14, 2025 | 2025, Intergenerational, Third Agers, Young Adult Ministry
“You mean a serial killer who accepts Christ at the last moment of his life gets to go to heaven, while a good person who helped many during her life goes to hell because she didn’t believe in Christ?” “And what about all those people...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 7, 2025 | 2025, Aging, Gratitude
On my 70th birthday I did two things. First, I went to get a hearing test. I had done this before some years ago. At that time, the audiologist said, “Yes, your hearing is deteriorating but not to the extent to make it worthwhile to get hearing aids. They are...
