by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 18, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness
There was a time when I wanted to go to Oxford to pursue a doctoral degree. This was a long time ago. I realised subsequently that I subconsciously wanted to be like some of my professors who I admired. They had received their doctorates from Oxford. I am glad that I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 8, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
Just came back from watching the last Harry Potter movie with my beloved. The first Harry Potter book was published in 1997 and the first Potter movie was released in 2001. Like many, we felt the poignancy of the ending of a long story. Harry Potter and the Deathly...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 2, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
I am writing this from Guest Room 1, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia (Malaysian Theological Seminary), Seremban. I am here to teach a Doctor of Ministry Seminar (DMin) on a theology of the ministry and the minister. It’s a one-week intensive. The pace is brutal. We...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 28, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Life Issues, Mental Illness
Last weekend, Bernice and I had the privilege to minister at a camp for college and university students from the Petaling Jaya Evangelical Free Church. This was a group of bright people, most of whom took their faith seriously. We had no doubts that from them would...
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...
