by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 24, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Corporate Worship, Loving Others
We were in Perth over the weekend. I met a number of friends whom I had not seen for a while. There was a brother I had not met for 40 years. There was a couple whose wedding I conducted 20 years ago. Some of them had walked with me through the darkest days of my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Violence, World Issues
I am old enough to remember where I was the day John F. Kennedy was killed. And when the Twin Towers were hit. On September 11, 2001, I was visiting my parents in Penang. (I was then living in KL.) I received a call on my mobile from my friend Alvin Ung. He asked me...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 8, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Hope, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Coming from a Chinese diaspora family in Malaysia, I was given a master plan early in life: Work hard in school so that you can get good grades in your examinations. Good grades will enable you to get into the best universities and qualify you to take the best...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 5, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, God, God’s Sovereignty, Loving Others, Malaysia, World Issues
Civil liberties groups, the Christian church and opposition politicians in Malaysia have accused the mainstream media of stoking religious tensions with a recent spate of reports alleging that some Christians are trying to convert Muslims. A human rights group,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 29, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
“Do you have a problem with pride Dr Tan? Well, that’s your Goliath. You deal with it.” Maybe not an exact quote, but that is what one of my students said to me recently. He had been very enthusiastic about my teaching, and he had told me so. He said...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 24, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
On August 11th 2011, one of our pet dogs, Dusty, disappeared. Both Bernice and I were not in Singapore. I was teaching in a seminary in Malaysia and beloved Bernice didn’t tell me, so that I wouldn’t be distracted from my work. She told me two days later....
