by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 16, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
How many good conversations have you had this week? Apparently “happier people have more meaningful conversations (Melinda Wenner Moyer, “Skip the Small Talk,” Scientific American Mind, July/August 2010,12).” In a study conducted at the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 9, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
August is the season of national days. I am a Malaysian residing in Singapore who returns to Malaysia regularly for work and to connect with friends and family. Aug 9 is the national day of Singapore. Aug 31 is the national day of Malaysia. August seems to be a good...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 5, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television, Remembrance
Our friends seem to be divided between those who think that Inception (2010) is a great ground-breaking movie, and those who think that it is at best an average movie. We belong to the second category and hope that those in the first category will forgive us. We stand...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 27, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
The talk was going well. People were engaged. Many were jotting notes. I was looking around trying to make eye contact with the different people in the room. And then something strange happened. The audience stopped looking at me. They began to look at something...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 19, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, Life Issues, Suffering
Last Sunday (July 11th) I had the privilege of being asked to say a few words at the memorial service of my friend Alvin Tan. He died from a heart attack, age 41, on 27 April 2010. I started my saying: “It’s such a waste that he died so young. If he had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 13, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
By now the whole world knows about Paul the psychic octopus. In the recent World Cup, he predicted correctly the winner of every game that involved the German team. He even predicted correctly that Spain would beat Holland in the finals. I am not sure of the...
