by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 4, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Governance, World Issues
KUALA LUMPUR: DAP has welcomed more new recruits to the party, including political analyst Dr Ong Kian Ming and oil and gas engineer Yeo Bee Yin. Both University of Cambridge graduates, Ong and Yeo are one [sic] of the few high-profile young professionals that the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 24, 2012 | 2012, Articles
Dr Goh Wei Leong is a friend and a co-conspirator in the Christian Medical Dental Fellowship, Singapore. He serves as chairman and I serve as honorary chaplain. Wei Leong is also my doctor. He has been trying for a few years now, to get me to do a battery of tests to...
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,...