by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 7, 2024 | 2024, Aging, Community, Meaning & Purpose, Third Agers
You know you may be speaking at a seniors’ fellowship meeting when: They ask if you need to go to the washroom before you start. You start your talk with a reference to your recent colonoscopy. In a discussion as to what we will be doing just before we go...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 31, 2024 | 2024, Discernment, Meaning & Purpose, Relationships, Work & Vocation
Tomorrow it’ll be June. Soon, we will be halfway through 2024. It’s a good time for a mid-year life check. There are at least four things that make life meaningful. * Communion — our walk with God * Community — our walk...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2024 | 2024, Christian Living, Rest & Busyness
This is the last of four articles on a Framework for Life. It was written with new house officers in mind. Cadence: a regular and repeated pattern of activity (Merriam-Webster) By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 17, 2024 | 2024, Christian Identity, Dependence on God, Work & Vocation
This is the third of four articles on a Framework for life. It was written with new house officers in mind. The third component for a framework for life is work. God gave the mandate to humankind to care for His creation. Then God said, “Let us make...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 10, 2024 | 2024, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
This is the second of four articles on a Framework for life. It was written with new house officers in mind. If you were to start reading the Bible from Genesis 1:1 onwards, the first negative you will encounter is Genesis 2:18, “…it is not good...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 3, 2024 | 2024, Christian Identity, Dependence on God
Last Wednesday the CMDF (Christian Medical Dental Fellowship) had a welcome lunch for the newest batch of house officers. As chaplain I came along. Wasn’t sure if I had to say a few words of encouragement. As it turned out, I didn’t have to. A group...
